Name: Rhapsody in Blue
Start: 2024-05-10T19:30:00
Location: Frauenthal Center

Scott Speck

Aldo López-Gavilán

West Michigan Symphony

What better way to close the season than with a dramatic program of symphonic luminosity? Concertmaster Jesús Linárez delivers Brahms’ breathtaking Violin Concerto, showcasing the instrument’s full range, from tender lyricism to fiendish virtuosity. Then lose yourself in the sumptuous rumble of the Barton Theatre Organ, as your WMS takes on Saint-Saëns’ magnum opus.

All-Star Finale

Frauenthal Center

While Stéphane Wrembel is considered a world master of the Django Reinhart guitar style, he revels in transcending and expanding—incorporating jazz, blues, classical, swing, flamenco and rock.

Stéphane Wrembel Quartet – Gypsy Jazz

The Block

Our season finale delivers high-energy, fast moving and not-to-be missed works, topped off by pianist Aldo López-Gavilán’s brilliant rendition of Gershwin’s beloved Rhapsody in Blue.