Gershwin, Bonds, and Still

Thu / Sept 2, 2021 - 8:00PM

A star lineup comes together for a night of American song from Broadway and beyond, with music by Ulysses Kay, William Grant Still, Margaret Bonds, and George Gershwin.

Thu / Sept 2, 2021 - 8:00PM

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Program

KAY Overture to Theater Set
GERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm”
BONDS & GERSHWIN Songs
GERSHWIN “Somebody from Somewhere”
BONDS “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
GERSHWIN “Summertime”
BONDS “Winter Moon”
GERSHWIN “Soon”
Intermission
STILL “Singing River” from Wood Notes
GERSHWIN (arr. Bennett) Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture

Artists

About this Performance

Star soprano Julia Bullock performs a selection of songs by George Gershwin and Margaret Bonds, one of the first Black composers to gain recognition in the U.S., known for her arrangements of spirituals and her collaborations with Langston Hughes. Virtuoso jazz and classical pianist Aaron Diehl performs Gershwin’s intricate “I Got Rhythm” Variations with Thomas Wilkins conducting.

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