Explorers Series: Mutual Admiration Gershwin/Ravel
When
Approximate running time: 1 hour
Venue
Event Notes
This performance is available to watch from January 17 to January 23
Mutual Admiration: Gershwin and Ravel with Kristin Lee, violinist Orion Weiss, pianist
Maurice Ravel’s American tour of 1928 took him across this country to major cities, where he was greeted as a celebrity. He had already become fascinated with American culture after hearing jazz in Paris, and was eager to absorb the essence of American musical culture first-hand. His New York activities included hearing jazz at the Cotton Club, and perhaps most famously meeting the great George Gershwin. In this program we’ll hear the best of France and America in musical synergy, in the expert hands of Kristin Lee and Orion Weiss.
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major, op. 45 (1923–27) Allegretto Blues: Moderato Perpetuum mobile: Allegro
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898–1937) Five Selections from Porgy and Bess for Violin and Piano (1935) (arr. Heifetz) My Man’s Gone Now A Woman is a Sometime Thing Bess, You My Woman Now Summertime It Ain’t Necessarily So
MAURICE RAVEL Tzigane for Violin and Piano (1924)