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Rhapsody in Blue
Nov. 20 & 21 | Tennessee Theatre
Program

Sponsored by the Masterworks Circle of Friends

Michelle DiRusso, conductor

Chaeyoung Park, piano

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)

Capriccio espagnol, Opus 34 (1887)

I. Alborada. Vivo e strepitoso

II. Variations. Andante con moto

III. Alborada. Vivo e strepitoso

IV. Scene and Gypsy Song. Allegretto

V. Fandango of the Asturias

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

Rhapsody in Blue (1924) (instrumentation by Ferde Grofé)

Chaeyoung Park, piano

---Intermission---

CARLOS SIMON (b. 1986)

Four Black American Dances (2023)

I. Ring Shout

II. Waltz

III. Tap!

IV. Holy Dance

MANUEL DE FALLA (1876-1946)

El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) (1919)

Suite No. 1

I. Introduction – Afternoon

II. Dance of the Miller’s Wife (Fandango)

III. The Corregidor

IV. The Grapes

Suite No. 2 (Three Dances)

I. The Neighbors’ Dance (Seguidillas)

II. The Miller’s Dance (Farruca)

III. Final Dance (Jota)