Details

Item details

Date

Sunday, October 6, 2024 2:00PM

Location

ABQ Journal Theatre

Name

NM Philharmonic: Rhapsody in Blue

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Notes

Na’Zir McFadden, conductor

Sydney Tasker, cello
Kate Shao, piano
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in a minor
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

 

Just over 100 years ago, George Gershwin composed a concerto for jazz orchestra, and the result redefined American music. Take in his Rhapsody in Blue, performed by Kate Shao, first-place winner in the piano division of this year’s Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition. The youthful vigor continues with cellist Sydney Tasker, the first-place string division winner, performing Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1. Also on the program are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s energetic Ballade and Tchaikovsky’s fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet.

Run time: Approximately 2 hours

$34, $44, $54, & $78 w/ discounts for students
*Price includes a NHCC facility fee