Name: Gershwin
Start: 2025-03-14T20:00:00
Location: Alte Oper

Alain Altinoglu

hr-Bigband

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

A program entirely in the spirit of the great American composer, whose music always exudes such a unique nonchalance. Add to that the sound of the hr Big Band, which here interacts seamlessly with the hr Symphony Orchestra – two sonic worlds united for Gershwin, but also for a world premiere by the Frenchman Thierry Escaich . George Gershwin himself brought along horns from Parisian taxis when he returned to the USA after his studies in 1920s Paris – and the unfinished score of a work in which these very horns, along with a few other effect instruments, acoustically illustrate life in the French capital. Gershwin's music was always in tune with the times, which were turbulent – ​​and which he brought to life with unparalleled coolness. Perhaps most famously, this is evident in his "Rhapsody in Blue," in which jazz finds its way into the format of a piano concerto. And what could be cooler than the chief conductor himself casually sitting down at the keys, as if it were nothing at all?