October 21 & 22 / Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue


Performances

Tickets: $19/29/39/49/69/94

Friday, October 21, 2022

7:30 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts

Saturday, October 22, 2022

7:30 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts


About this Concert

Christopher Dragon, conductor
Gabriela Martinez, piano

Conductor Christopher Dragon will kick off the MSO’s Classics Series with a program celebrating the American Sound. The concert will open with Florence Price’s Concert Overture No. 2, then pianist Gabriela Martinez returns to Modesto with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The MSO will end the program with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”, which draws inspiration from American stories and songs, especially the spiritual style of Black Americans.

Program

Florence Price
Concert Overture No. 2

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World,” Op. 95


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