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Gershwin's An American In Paris with the CBSO

The CBSO present an all-American programme of orchestral music under the baton of its music director Kazuki Yamada featuring works by Carlos Simon, Missy Mazzoli, Ives and Gershwin

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra present an all-American programme of music under the baton of its music director Kazuki Yamada. In what the orchestra describe as a 'thrilling music road-trip through America, a dash across the pond and and a flight into outer space', this live concert from Symphony Hall in Birmingham introduces works by Carlos Simon and Missy Mazzoli alongside an evocative East Coast portrait by Charles Ives with classics from the pen of George Gershwin. Introduced by Mark Forrest.

Carlos Simon: Hellfighters' Blues
Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia for Orbiting Spheres
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Interval

Charles Ives: Three Pieces in New England
George Gershwin: An American in Paris

CBSO
Stewart Goodyear (piano)
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

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2 hours, 14 minutes