| 单词 | Gershwin |
| 例句 | In the lobby, an elderly gentleman played Gershwin on a grand piano at four each afternoon. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You and Immie were lucky the uniforms changed. Did you do music at Greenbriar? You sounded so passionate about Gershwin the other day.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was with Gershwin when he wrote “Rhapsody in Blue” in Asheville, North Carolina. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we all went to Hollywood and we went over to Mrs. Gershwin’s house and I said, I’m so happy to meet you. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The 1930s saw some giants of ‘musical comedy’, as it mostly was at that time, straddle the twin worlds of Broadway and Hollywood - among them George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He has also enjoyed considerable success on Broadway, backing such hits as Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera and producing the award-winning Gershwin musical Crazy for You. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “They sent me the invitation and I came for the Gershwin,” said Jule. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Whether it is fair to charge the Gershwin brothers simply because they were white Jews writing about African-Americans per se is a much less clear-cut accusation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When I met with Horchow, he explained to me how he won the rights to revive the Gershwin musical Girl Crazy as Crazy for You. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When we listen to the music of Bach, or Gershwin, or Sting, or Alicia Keys, we are being taken on a journey of chords, a ‘progression’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z What has never been contested is the beauty and timeless power of the songs the Gershwins created for Porgy and. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Well, it turns out Edwin Knopf was George Gershwin’s closest friend. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had learned the song of the snakes - which turned out to be a George Gershwin number from 1935. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They had Gershwin’s pictures all over their house. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Gershwin is the second major Washington-based award for Joel in two years, coming on the heels of Kennedy Center Honors last year. Billy Joel wins the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Several of the Gershwins’ trustees — as well as those of Lerner and Burton Lane, the “Clear Day” composer — dismissed the idea that money was their primary motivator. With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z Bennett noted in the release that one of the earliest songs he recorded was George and Ira Gershwin’s “Fascinating Rhythm.” Tony Bennett will receive Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize, in a break with tradition 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z It made its American debut in 1996 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and packed the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway for 18 months in 2000-2001. 'Riverdance' saying goodbye to North America 2012-02-19T17:26:12Z King was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song for lifetime achievement earlier this year. Carole King to be honored for music career, charitable works 2013-09-19T16:17:53Z Hilty’s solos — Cole Porter’s “Always True to You in My Fashion” and Gershwin’s “Someone to Watch Over Me” — were less original, as she attempted to make every other note a long-held money note. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Alexander Woollcott wrote that Fred Astaire’s feet and Gershwin’s music surely “were written in the same key.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z When revived on Broadway in 1942, after Gershwin's 1937 death from a brain tumor, the opera was radically edited into more of a standardized musical. Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z But always he would refer back to Gershwin’s markings. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z The article is incorrect about the wishes of the Gershwin Estate. ‘Porgy and Bess’ With a White Cast Stirs Controversy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Both shows, which feature music and songs from George and Ira Gershwin, have 10 nominations. Tony Awards kick off with "Once" favored 2012-06-11T00:55:39Z Throughout it, they stuck for the most part with the music of classic composers like Berlin, Kern, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, along with other giants of Broadway and Hollywood musicals. Eydie Gorme, ‘Blame It on the Bossa Nova’ Singer, Dies at 84 2013-08-11T12:29:01Z The literary richness of their lyrics is matched by a musical approach that mixes the tough simplicity of North American folk traditions with the urbanity of the Gershwins and Stephen Sondheim. Movie Review: ‘Sing Me the Songs,’ a Tribute to Kate McGarrigle 2013-06-25T22:29:46Z A version of this review appears in print on April 24, 2014, on page C3 of the with the headline: From Japan, a Jazzy Interpretation of Gershwin . Music Review: Makoto Ozone Plays With the New York Philharmonic 2014-04-23T22:00:53Z It is named for the songwriting brothers George and Ira Gershwin, whose collections are housed at the library. McCartney's long, winding road goes to White House 2010-06-02T17:34:00Z The program features works by George Gershwin and others. A History of Head Shots, and an Exhibition on Immigrants’ Tales 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Why are we in such a hurry to end this laconic time of year when, as George Gershwin wrote, “the livin’ is easy”? Why Do We End Summer So Early? 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Wang often plays jazzy numbers as encores, and Gershwin suited her perfectly. Review: Yuja Wang and the London Symphony Get Jazzy 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Throughout the evening, Jordan showed ample voice, bringing heft to music of the Gershwins and Cole Porter without pushing volume levels. New Orleans singer Stephanie Jordan thrives with Chicago Jazz Ensemble 2011-02-19T16:43:00Z After reaching the pop charts with her 1959 cover of George Gershwin’s “I Loves You, Porgy,” she quickly became an international star. Nina Simone, Diva Out of Carolina 2010-02-26T16:31:00Z In the Gershwin, the strings dug into the score’s songful lines so eagerly that Ms. Wang was often overpowered, although at times they lacked the flexibility needed for the concerto’s Charleston, blues and ragtime beats. Review: Yuja Wang and the London Symphony Get Jazzy 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z And she made the familiar wholly compelling, from a Gershwin medley to a set of spirituals in which she followed an achingly powerful “Deep River” with a laugh-out-loud performance of “Scandalize My Name.” Two musical season openings were influenced by black culture. One satisfied, the other soared. 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Highlights include Handel, Haydn and Mozart, to be sure, but there’s also Verdi, Smetana and even Gershwin. Gift Ideas for Classical Music Fans 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Founded by the Library of Congress in 2007, the Gershwin prize has only been awarded on two previous occasions, to Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon. Paul McCartney to be honoured by Barack Obama at White House concert 2010-05-25T09:16:00Z As a solo performer, Simon’s awards are even more eye-popping: more Grammys, the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a Kennedy Center Honor and the first Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Review | Paul Simon: The musical genius who gave voice to the sound of silence 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Thibaudet’s greatest strength is as a Ravel interpreter, and there are strong links between Gershwin and Ravel. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2012-01-01T20:18:25Z He oversaw the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, replete with sky divers, break dancers and 84 pianists playing music by George Gershwin. David L. Wolper, Producer of ?Roots? for TV, Dies 2010-08-12T04:30:00Z Not quite like Ethel Merman in 1930 singing Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm", holding a middle C note for 16 bars. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The pair will present an afternoon of music by Gershwin, Dvorak, Bernstein, Chopin and the Beatles. Campsites in the Heart of New York City 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z "George Gershwin, Irving Berlin--the greatest composers adored Astaire so much." Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett prep for Grammy Awards, second album 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Yet, in the Gershwin archive, there's a very complimentary letter that Sondheim wrote to him, so that's kind of an odd situation. Michael Feinstein is keeping the standards alive 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Both Gershwin and Robinson emerged as iconoclastic, self-taught visionaries inspired by African-American musical culture. 'Concerto for a Genius' shows promise, but needs more fire from the piano 2011-01-16T15:56:00Z George Gershwin died in 1937, and it wasn’t until the early 1940s that Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” ushered in the deluge of Christmas pop songs that has continued unabated. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z The lack of a big Tony win for the Gershwin musical is clearly no impediment to box office gold. Broadway Box Office 6/22: 'Skylight' 'Fun Home' 'The King And I' & 'Curious Incident' See Big Gains 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z She remembered seeing that her mother had transliterated the words in her score for Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” into Chinese, so that she could pronounce them correctly. Boston’s Mayor Trades City Hall for Symphony Hall 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z At a party or in a bar, he would seize the room by banging out Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” at wall-rattling volume. The Dramas and Intrigues of Louis Kahn, Monumental Architect 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The selection of songs from the George and Ira Gershwin songbook will be familiar to anyone over 50. Take note of these four musicals for a Tony, then vote for 'Fun Home' 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Submitted too frequently among the 3,834 entries: Gershwin x Big Fish = Porgy and Bass; Overtook x Helium = Passed Gas. Style Invitational Week 1434: Go ahead, mate my bay 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The genius of Williams’s take on the Gershwins’ “It Ain’t Necessarily So” lies in both the context of this recording as well as its rich, ambling and contemplative content. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z “American in Paris,” featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, was nominated for 12 Tony Awards and won four, for Mr. Wheeldon’s choreography and for its orchestrations, set design and lighting design. ‘An American in Paris’ to Close on Broadway 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z In this respect Berg had much to teach Gershwin, and Gershwin was an eager student. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z “I don’t care if your name is Gershwin or Porter,” Mr. Paulsen said. The ‘Animaniacs’ Voices Are Reuniting. Yes, There’s a New Verse to ‘Yakko’s World.’ 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Gershwin and Wilson are among the 20th century's greatest writers of popular music; no one wishing to learn more about either should start here. Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin 2010-09-02T20:30:00Z The next work was Gershwin’s Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, from 1932, a piece that the ubiquitous “Rhapsody in Blue” has almost nudged out of the repertory. Music Review: Baltimore and Albany Symphonies at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T21:11:30Z To this day, no one knows precisely what Gershwin played that afternoon of Feb. 12, 1924, at New York's Aeolian Hall. Herbie Hancock will 'swing' Gershwin with SSO 2011-11-18T00:44:04Z At the Metropolitan Opera last week, performances of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” and Puccini’s “La Bohème,” both in the midst of long runs, might not have seemed particularly newsworthy. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim’s music examines the entire pre-1960s tradition, from Gilbert and Sullivan and Viennese operetta, through the Gershwins’ satires, Cole Porter’s burlesque musicals and beyond. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z He knew that as Gershwin was gearing up for the magnum opus, he followed the herd to Paris to sit at the feet of the guru Nadia Boulanger. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z Hayes steps up to it and, after a last, mortifying fight with Gershwin’s ghost, proceeds to play a seven-minute excerpt from “Rhapsody in Blue.” ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Although that project never came to fruition, Mr. Wheeldon decided to create an “American in Paris” ballet to the Gershwin score for City Ballet. Christopher Wheeldon Directs ‘An American in Paris’ for Broadway 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Expect to hear several duets, including “Some Enchanted Evening” and “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” as well as Gershwin standards. Pop Music Choices for New Year?s Eve 2011-12-29T23:59:04Z Earlier this year, New York-born King become the first woman to be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Carole King musical finds its star 2013-08-13T09:08:50Z Mr. Sondheim strongly defended the original “Porgy and Bess,” particularly the contributions of DuBose Heyward, who wrote the libretto and, with Ira Gershwin, the lyrics. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Wonder and Paul Simon previously won the Gershwin prize. US library honors Paul McCartney for pop music 2010-06-02T01:31:00Z In the mid-1950s, she toured 22 countries in Europe and Africa with a State Department production of the Gershwin folk opera “Porgy and Bess,” acted off-Broadway and released her first album of songs, “Miss Calypso.” Maya Angelou, writer and poet, dies at age 86 Though Gershwin called his music-theater classic a “folk opera,” I find it more and more simply a great opera, period. The Met Opera’s New Season: What Our Critics Want to See 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z A slightly revised “How About You” rhymes “I like New York in Jan” with “I am a Gershwin fan” and exalts “Ben Bernanke’s looks.” Music Review: Gotham States of Mind In All of Their Tempos 2011-01-06T21:24:27Z Gershwin did not help the cause of “Porgy and Bess” by calling it a “folk opera.” Critic?s Notebook: Did ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Meets Its Goal? 2012-01-14T00:31:27Z Eight times a week at the Golden Theater, Whizzer, Marvin’s “friend,” was succumbing to AIDS; a block away at the Shubert, Gershwin standards were getting a fresh airing in the frothy “Crazy for You.” An AIDS-Era Musical in an Age of Marriage Equality 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z By all accounts George and Ira Gershwin never considered making the family name part of the title of their most famous work, the 1935 opera “Porgy & Bess.” With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z George Gershwin immediately bought one when he played the 1934 prototype, and the portability of the instrument made it popular with travelling preachers, and in American military chapels during the second world war. 50 great moments in jazz: Jimmy Smith and the Hammond organ 2010-06-02T11:23:00Z Last March, he dazzled a packed DAR Constitution Hall after being presented with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Everyone wants Garth Brooks on their side. He just wants everyone to get along. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The American Songbook is no longer just the standards of Berlin, Porter and Gershwin. American Songbook Series Reshapes the Canon 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Ken Ludwig has rewritten the book of a 1930 Gershwin musical, Girl Crazy, but retained only five of the original 19 numbers and made up the deficit by raiding the George and Ira Gershwin back-catalogue. Crazy For You ? review 2011-08-10T18:00:01Z The Gershwins were determined to avoid performances of “Porgy” in blackface, an offensive relic of minstrelsy that was still common then onstage and onscreen. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z He then delighted the audience with an encore: his medley of Gershwin songs, which had the sweep of a 10-minute virtuoso piano fantasy. Music Review: Baltimore and Albany Symphonies at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T21:11:30Z The orchestra also took center stage in Gershwin instrumental medleys, the “Lullaby” for strings and — a timely way to ring out an eventful year — the “Cuban Overture.” New York Philharmonic and Dianne Reeves on New Year’s Eve 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Oken maintains that adapting "An American in Paris" was "not a no-brainer," despite its six Oscars, its celebrated George Gershwin music, and its performances by Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Ballet stars talk Tony-nominated 'An American in Paris' and Broadway leap 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The Gershwin Prize was established in 2007 to honor living musical artists whose contributions to popular music “exemplify the standard of excellence associated with George and Ira Gershwin.” Joni Mitchell to Be Honored With Gershwin Prize and Tribute Concert 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z In the variations and the études he’s connecting the Romanticism of Europe to something American, like Gershwin and cool show tunes. | Brad Mehldau: Pianists, Yes, but a Jazz Singer and Deep Metal, Too 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z Somewhere deep inside the Gershwin Theater sat a neat array of chairs, six wide by five deep. ‘1, 2, 3 … Exhale Together’: Broadway Families, Reunited at Last 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The fall revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" got eight nominations, setting up a face-off in the best revival category with "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," which Sondheim had criticized for messing with a classic. Tony nominations spread out but 'Once' leads 2012-05-02T00:16:03Z He was well into his second encore then, alone at the piano, teasing out a Gershwin medley that had whimsically morphed into the Cuban standard “El Manisero.” Music Review: Chucho Vald?s Plays With the Afro-Cuban Messengers 2012-01-24T23:07:41Z A 1930 George and Ira Gershwin musical, “Girl Crazy,” was substantially rethought and reworked in 1992, when gems in its score were absorbed into a new show called “Crazy for You.” The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z This is common enough with music: as our parents had Gershwin and Cole Porter, we had the Stones and the Beatles, and our children have garage, or hip-hop, or whatever it's called. Not-so essential reading 2010-10-22T08:43:00Z The ballet company are joined in the round by tap dancers Douglas Mills and Paul Robinson who dance to classic Gershwin hits perfect for their style of tap, Fascinating Rhythm and I've Got Rhythm. VIDEO: Ballet's blue tribute to Gershwin 2011-06-09T04:54:14Z The students added verses to George Gershwin and Cole Porter songs, mimicking rhyme scheme and voice, an exercise that Nardino maintains “captures writing for television” perfectly. His class is famously tough. ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Westworld’ wouldn’t exist without it. 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z In July, Regent's Park Open Air theatre is bringing us Gershwin's sumptuous Crazy for You from the team behind its 2010 hits Into the Woods and the multi-award winning Hello, Dolly!. Some musical theatre is still on song 2011-02-07T17:33:44Z The scene comes from Allen's 1979 film "Manhattan," an enduring, romantic portrait of the director's hometown, "a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin." NY arts world commemorates Sept. 11 in music, film 2011-09-09T20:52:12Z On Thursday, after years of fits and starts, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” will open on Broadway, updated and streamlined, part of a spate of unusually aggressive undertakings by musical-theater estates. With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z Another song Lemmon loves to perform is the Gershwins' "'S Wonderful," because the standard evokes a special evening Lemmon spent at his father's bachelor pad up in the hills. Chris Lemmon channels his Pops in 'Jack Lemmon Returns' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Gershwin Sings Gershwin Alexis Gershwin, niece of George and Ira Gershwin, performs some of the songwriting duo's classic tunes in this cabaret show. L.A. theater openings, March 20-27: 'Casa Valentina' and more 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z In front of the closed gates of an amusement-park ride in Coney Island, Brooklyn, she danced wistfully to the wafting notes of a Gershwin tune. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z “American Rhapsody” was what Gershwin meant to title it, before his brother Ira suggested the change. Review | From New York City Ballet: Big music, big dancing (mostly) 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Wheeldon offers his 20th work for City Ballet, “American Rhapsody,” set to the symphonic version of George Gershwin’s 1924 “Rhapsody in Blue.” Dance Listings for April 29-May 5 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Mercurio and the orchestra followed suit with appropriate inflections and dynamics, highlighting what a circus of great songwriting Gershwin’s eclectic piece really is. Chick Corea and Seattle Symphony meld jazz and classical music with a dazzling performance 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Except for the rudely honking taxi drivers: Mr. Tovey led a jaunty account of Gershwin’s “American in Paris,” with fine solos from Sheryl Staples, the concertmaster, and Philip Smith, the principal trumpeter. Music Review: The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-07-02T20:37:00Z The Piano Concerto in F deftly assimilates the impressionistic motifs of Debussy and the luxuriant orchestration of Rachmaninov; yet the spontaneous impulses are entirely Gershwin's own. RLPO/Wilson – review 2013-04-08T16:27:14Z Mr. Porter also tried out for Sporting Life in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” which opened on Broadway in 2012, but says he was told that his “top notes weren’t there.” Billy Porter Tells His Own Story in ‘While I Yet Live’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The Library of Congress broke with tradition on Tuesday in announcing legendary jazz crooner Tony Bennett as the recipient of this year’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Tony Bennett will receive Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize, in a break with tradition 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Poitier originally declined the role of Porgy, in Samuel Goldwyn's adaptation of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess," objecting over the stereotypical way Black characters were written in the musical. Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, has died at 84 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z So instead we sang some Gershwin and Cole Porter. Concierge Dwight Owsley on New York City 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z "Porgy and Bess" shines here not just in the gleaming vocal and orchestral treatment of George and Ira Gershwin's magnificent score, but also in an understanding that this is a portrait of a community. Seattle Opera's new "Porgy and Bess" something to savor | Opera review 2011-08-01T04:46:04Z The only thing debatable about Robinson’s winning of the Gershwin Prize is why it didn’t happen sooner. A celebration of an iconic songbook at Smokey Robinson’s Gershwin Prize concert 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z A look at composer-pianists, it will offer pieces and arrangements by Kreisler, Stravinsky, Rodgers and Gershwin. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-21T00:06:12Z It insinuates that George Gershwin stole from “Shuffle Along.” Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z When Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series began in 1999, it was a nostalgic program showcasing popular standards by the likes of Irving Berlin, the Gershwins and Cole Porter. American Songbook Series Reshapes the Canon 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z One Virtual Symphony showcased accessible classical music, such as Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” performed by the American Symphonic Orchestra. Cruising Royal Caribbean’s mega-ship: At times, a little too mega 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z He also folded short improvised sections into the score, and it’s hard to imagine that Gershwin would not have been impressed. Review: A Safe Start to Alan Gilbert’s Final Season With the Philharmonic 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z A Cabaret in Its Final Days Cheers Up With Gershwin It’s a pretty safe bet that no one knows more or cares more about the songwriting legacy of George and Ira Gershwin than Michael Feinstein. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z AP: What about the production by the Hungarian State Opera which violated terms of the Gershwin copyright and used white singers who claimed they “self-identified as African American?” ‘No path is easy’: Black opera singers detail struggles 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The show, titled “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” and now running at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., won praise from Boston critics, but New York reviewers were more mixed. ArtsBeat Blog: It Is Necessarily So: Revamped 'Porgy and Bess' Will Come To Broadway 2011-09-14T20:30:49Z He threw grand parties in his New York mansion; a photo shows him beaming in a group that includes George Gershwin and Groucho Marx. ‘The Art of Rube Goldberg’ Review: The Machinery of Humor 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Mosci, an appealing vocalist, said he focuses on the American songbook, including Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin. A Quiet Drink: Music, Cocktails and ‘Madeline’ at Bemelmans Bar 2013-07-25T22:59:00Z This year it is presenting a broad array of female conductors, including Ms. Hannigan, who will lead the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Debussy, Sibelius, Haydn, Berg and Gershwin on Aug. 23. A Soprano Finds a New Voice: Conducting 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z It is a visually dazzling romantic crowd-pleaser, set aloft on fascinating Gershwin rhythms and dripping in baby boomer nostalgia. Showy or rich? Energetic or tempered? What Tony Award voters must consider 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z “There’s more spoken dialogue and emphasis on the story in this version, and in my opinion it’s more what Gershwin originally intended.” ‘Secondhand Lions,’ ‘Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess’ in 5th Avenue Theatre’s next season 2013-03-01T19:13:32Z Love still tours under the Beach Boys name and Wilson is working on new projects, including completing unfinished songs by George Gershwin for a forthcoming tribute album. Beach Boy quashes rumours of Brian Wilson reunion 2010-06-24T11:32:00Z When the two fell out of sync during a Gershwin medley, Thibaudet said to follow the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise,” because at roughly 120 beats per minute, it was nearly the same tempo. For This Classical Piano Star, a Detour Is Business as Usual 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z With Ms. Yano on piano, they performed a playfully splintered version of the Gershwins’ “Our Love Is Here to Stay.” Music Review: Allies in Improvisation and in a Cause 2011-03-28T23:31:42Z On March 12, he will lead the orchestra in an evening of Colin Matthews, Gershwin and Shostakovich; and on March 15 he will conduct them as they play Britten, Shostakovich and Sibelius. Performance Guide 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z By then it had caught the attention of the brilliant Gershwin, who saw in the narrative a perfect vehicle for the indigenous opera he yearned to write. Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z Later on, a friend of mine who was an expert on Gershwin asked me, 'How'd you like to play the main theme on piano?' and I said, 'Sure!' Beach Boy Brian Wilson takes on Gershwin 2010-08-06T20:36:00Z Ben: You reviewed the new musical “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” but what is your experience with the original opera? ArtsBeat: Critics Discuss 'Porgy and Bess' 2012-01-17T13:00:25Z The announcement means that a number of other Spielberg projects remain on the back burner, including his proposed biopics of Abraham Lincoln and composer George Gershwin, plus the sci-fi tale Robopocalypse. Steven Spielberg takes the reins on War Horse 2010-05-04T10:36:00Z The complex syncopation of Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” was sold by his brother Ira’s vivacious, seemingly simple lyrics: “I got rhythm/ I got music/ I got my man/ Who could ask for anything more?” The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z The lush Russian romanticism of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 proved surprisingly compatible with Gershwin's American flavors. Review: Slatkin, Thibaudet take Seattle Symphony audiences on a jazzy jaunt 2011-04-22T17:02:03Z The show included numbers by Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane swapped cartoons for show tunes at a BBC Prom devoted to Broadway classics. MacFarlane croons Broadway tunes 2012-08-28T08:24:20Z George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” is both easy and impossible to love. Review: ‘Porgy and Bess’ Returns to a New Opera Landscape 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Rattled by reactions to the tryout of his long opera in Boston, Gershwin was persuaded to make sizable cuts before the 1935 premiere in New York. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Still to arrive in the spring are the Disney vehicle “Newsies,” the Gershwin songbook musical “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” and the movies-turned-musiçals “Ghost” and “Rebecca.” ArtsBeat Blog: Even Before Off-Broadway Opening, 'Once' Announces a Move To Broadway 2011-12-07T00:17:19Z More recently, Apple used her voice — singing George and Ira Gershwin's "Our Love Is Here to Stay" — in a feel-good holiday commercial, and there's more exposure, still unannounced, planned in the new year. Rhiannon Giddens discovers true calling with help from friends 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z In 2007 the musicologist Christopher Reynolds made this case in The Journal of the Society for American Music, writing that “Gershwin had nothing to learn from Berg about melody and text setting.” Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z In June, McCartney was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, an honor bestowed by the Library of Congress. Q&A: Paul McCartney on playing the White House 2010-07-26T16:37:00Z Mr. Drake’s name did not carry the instant recognition of the Gershwin brothers, Irving Berlin or Cole Porter, and his lyrics did not always sparkle with sophisticated wit or polish. Ervin Drake, songwriter of ‘It Was a Very Good Year,’ dies at 95 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z When the French composer heard how much Gershwin was earning, he replied: "You should give me lessons." RLPO/Wilson – review 2013-04-08T16:27:14Z The Gershwin letter is expected to sell for as much as $3,000, according to the auction house. Rare John Lennon letter to Eric Clapton up for auction 2012-11-05T22:08:29Z That sounds like Hancock to a T. When Gershwin premiered "Rhapsody in Blue" at Aeolian Hall, it was part of a concert presented by band leader Paul Whiteman called "Experiment in Modern Music." Herbie Hancock will 'swing' Gershwin with SSO 2011-11-18T00:44:04Z “We are so grateful to Marc for his generosity and to the entire Gershwin family for their vision and commitment to ensuring that the music of their remarkable forbears will be preserved.” Michigan Music School Concert to Feature Gershwin's Piano 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Whether playing Gershwin for "Astaire Dances II" or Glinka for Balanchine, the music soared. A bubbly mix of Balanchine, Astaire from American Contemporary Ballet 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Gerstein, meanwhile, a performer of finesse and restraint who kept a tight rein on the Rachmaninov, delighted the audience with an encore of one of Earl Wild's 7 Virtuoso Etudes on Themes of Gershwin. Götterdämmerung; BBC Proms – review 2012-07-21T23:05:54Z Thursday brings an even more eclectic program, with the violinist Lisa Batiashvili: the overture to Beethoven’s “Fidelio” and his Symphony No. 1 alongside Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” and Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Jan. 3-9 2014-01-02T23:14:18Z He longed to hear a “Porgy and Bess” true to Gershwin’s intentions, to the extent that it is possible to reconstruct them. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z Is a full album dedicated to Berry a possibility, given Wilson's 2010 album "Brian Wilson Reimagines George Gershwin"? The record was a tribute to the musician he often cites as his first musical influence. After 'Blurred Lines' verdict, Brian Wilson talks Chuck Berry and 'Surfin' U.S.A.' 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z When the solo — “Three Preludes,” set to Gershwin — was new, in 1992, it was danced by Mr. Morris or Mikhail Baryshnikov. Dance Review: An Evening Revisits Mark Morris Hits (Along With a Few of Chopin?s) 2010-09-26T22:13:00Z Originally composed for the Ensemble Modern, and played in Paris by the Ensemble Intercontemporain , it’s an often frenzied, powerful piece in which the influences of Gershwin, Bernstein, Miles Davis and Stravinsky are clear. Dance Review: Echoing the Tones of Francis Bacon 2011-07-11T22:23:00Z After the gimmicky Gershwin, I was actually eager to hear this staple again. Review: Lang Lang Opens Carnegie Season With a Gershwin Gimmick 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Pretty Yende was adaptability itself, displaying her charming gifts in Donizetti and Gershwin. The Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Itself 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z George Gershwin and his writing partners — his brother Ira, and DeBose Heyward — were men of the theater, amenable to cuts and adjustments, and there is no grail-like “true” text. Music Review: ?Porgy and Bess? at Tanglewood Festival - Review 2011-08-28T21:33:46Z Its songwriters include the likes of Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, with Fields being one of the few women in the overwhelmingly male bunch. What Good Is Sitting Alone in Your Room? Cabaret Is a Steal 2011-05-12T21:37:07Z One play that’s almost done is called “The Stumble,” about the composer Oscar Levant and his obsession with George Gershwin. Misery and Megalomania: How David Adjmi Became a Playwright 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z “Porgy,” by George and Ira Gershwin, and DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, depicts a crippled beggar in a poor African-American community of Charleston, South Carolina. Met Opera to hire all-black chorus for ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The creative team is presenting this George Gershwin opera in a glorious new theatrical version. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Betty Buckley on Why She Took on 'American Idol' 2012-02-24T15:11:42Z When I did my one-woman show and played the Palace and played the Gershwin and all that, I did — what? — eight shows or maybe more a week. Shirley MacLaine on ‘Downton Abbey’ 2013-01-03T12:55:00Z Audiences diminished rapidly, even though the Roxy offered a stage presentation with the Whiteman band and Gershwin playing “Rhapsody in Blue.” ‘King of Jazz’ now playing — once again — in living Technicolor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Joan Peyser, a prolific writer about classical music and the author of biographies of Pierre Boulez, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, died on Sunday in Manhattan. Joan Peyser, Bernstein and Gershwin Biographer, Dies at 80 2011-04-25T14:54:51Z Pomus had requested that Mr. Scott sing George and Ira Gershwin’s “Someone to Watch Over Me” at his funeral. Jimmy Scott, hard-luck singer with a haunting voice, dies at 88 Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” has its strengths, but unlike it, Okoye’s deeply researched opera offers singers ample opportunity to engage with our national past while being liberated from the burden of embodying distorted stereotypes. Let’s Make the Future That the ‘New World’ Symphony Predicted 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z But staying true to the original setting allows the piece to emerge as Gershwin conceived it: a full-fledged opera with long stretches of recitative and arioso, soaring arias and duets and complex choral ensembles. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Cast members and others involved with the new “Porgy and Bess” are already anticipating complaints, though not from the estates of the Gershwins. Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” is a big hit at the Richard Rodgers Theater, where it opened in January. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z After the Gershwin, he simply waved to the crowd as he left the podium in Central Park for the last time as music director — but hopefully not for the last time ever. Review: Alan Gilbert Leads One Last Dance in Central Park 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z George Gershwin never realised his ambition of studying harmony with Maurice Ravel. RLPO/Wilson – review 2013-04-08T16:27:14Z On the contrary, when Ira Gershwin wrote in a song lyric about “more clouds of gray than any Russian play could guarantee,” he was surely thinking of Chekhov. Cate Blanchett and Chekhov, Together on Broadway 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Resisters, had there been any, would have been won over with the wit and sincerity of Coward’s “I’ll Follow My Secret Heart,” arranged by Chanticleer’s Adam Ward, or the Gershwins’ “Love Walked In.” Review | Chanticleer shows the power of music 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z A sunset view of the New York City skyline, speckled with lights, while George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” plays. ‘On Broadway’ Review: History and Celebrity, Stages and Lights 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s just that when the usual short lists of great American songwriters are compiled, led by names like Gershwin, Porter, Berlin and Rodgers, Loesser’s name is not on them, although he was their artistic equal. Music Review: Frank Loesser Songs at the New York Philharmonic 2012-03-27T22:52:16Z The power of Gershwin’s terrifying and inventive music came through, even when played by just a rehearsal pianist in the pit. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Previously, I have admired the way Sperling and his players can figure out a problem piece like Kurt Weill’s “Lady in the Dark” or the largely forgotten “Let ’Em Eat Cake,” by the Gershwins. Review: ‘Carmen’ Returns to Its Comic Opera Roots 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z There was no denying a lengthy interpretation of James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World," with a brief detour into George Gershwin's "Summertime." Lollapalooza closes on high note 2011-08-08T02:22:00Z The program offered inspiring performances of works by Richard Strauss, Ravel and Gershwin, and the premiere of Gabriella Smith’s “Lost Coast.” From New York Youth Symphony and the Chamber Music Society, Odes to Experience 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s very insidious: It puts a huge intimidating aura over the entire creative process, especially today when music is not created by Irving Berlin or George Gershwin sitting alone at a piano. Free Led Zeppelin: “This is about music, it’s not about sound” 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Gershwin’s Catfish Row is based on Cabbage Row, which still exists in a now gentrified neighborhood. ‘Porgy and Bess,’ a Spoleto Festival USA Homecoming 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z It didn’t matter that the writer of that music was white — Gershwin even wrote his own spirituals for “Porgy and Bess.” Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z This stage production was adapted and directed by Hershey Felder, the creator of other musical-biography plays, such as “George Gershwin Alone.” Review | Telling her mother’s war story on stage with a piano 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z “It is an honor to be the next recipient of the Gershwin Prize,” Nelson said in the same statement. Willie Nelson becomes first country musician to score Gershwin Prize 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z If Gershwin had wanted two versions, one for the opera house, another for musical theater, that would have been fine, Mr. Sondheim added. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Ravel learned how to loosen up from Gershwin, and the evening’s two Ravel works — the Piano Concerto in G, also with Wang as soloist, and “Boléro” — are among his most successfully jazz-tinged. Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z McCartney played a private concert at the library on Tuesday, and said he'd grown up listening to music by the Gershwin brothers. McCartney's long, winding road goes to White House 2010-06-02T17:34:00Z American composer George Gershwin's Depression era opera Porgy and Bess has been updated in a multi-media production which will include a hip-hop and contemporary dance company. New world theme at Edinburgh fest 2010-03-17T10:06:00Z Two other musicals - "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - each got 10 nominations as the Tony committee spread the wealth. 'Once' leads Tony Award nominations with 11 nods 2012-05-01T12:56:14Z The same night, the National Philharmonic, at Strathmore, performed one of the most beloved works associated with the African American community: “Porgy and Bess,” written, of course, by a white composer, George Gershwin. Review | ‘Porgy’ and ‘Simon’: Two works trying to fold black experience into Western canon 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Improvisation has largely been left to the very occasional special guest, like the pianist Aaron Diehl — who, after studying both classical and jazz traditions, sometimes improvises during a Gershwin concerto. Orchestras Looking to Broaden Horizons? Start Improvising 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Norm Lewis, who starred as Porgy in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” will join the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” on May 12, succeeding Hugh Panaro in the title role. ArtsBeat: A New Phantom and Christine Are Coming to the Opera 2014-03-20T17:32:56Z Songs by Gershwin showcased the brother and sister's musicality without demanding huge vocal range, while the routines choreographed by Fred were perfect for their combination of loose elegance and pep. The Astaires: Fred & Adele by Kathleen Riley – review 2012-07-04T07:00:03Z The 67-year-old McCartney was at the White House to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded by the Library of Congress. McCartney's long, winding road goes to White House 2010-06-03T02:01:00Z Then the pianist Aaron Diehl will be the soloist in Gershwin’s Concerto in F. The program ends with Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony. Classical Music Listings for Sept. 16-22 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Even in Earl Wild’s brazen arrangements of Gershwin’s “Summertime” and “I Got Rhythm,” Kanneh-Mason’s virtuosity has good sense, though Copland’s “The Cat and the Mouse” is played for all it’s worth. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z A much more recent early death, and at the same age as Gershwin, was that of the New Orleans-raised, London-based trumpeter, singer, composer and teacher Abram Wilson – who sadly died of cancer on 9 June. Take five: John Fordham's month in jazz – June 2012-06-22T12:10:00Z King was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song earlier this year Carole King will receive a special honour from the organisers of the Grammy Awards next year. Carole King honoured by Grammys 2013-09-20T12:05:44Z I once found some phenomenal George Gershwin piano solos for 50c. Frank Fairfield: Sorting the funky from the fogeys 2010-07-22T22:21:00Z After the ovations died down, the A-listers headed to a glamorous after-party, where George Gershwin played excerpts from his score on the piano. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Sir Paul confessed he was "slightly nervous" in the leadup to Wednesday's big concert at the White House, where President Barack Obama was presenting McCartney with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. McCartney's long, winding road goes to White House 2010-06-02T17:34:00Z If Mr. van Zweden wanted razzle-dazzle, perhaps something by Gershwin or Bernstein — the kind of bumptious American music to which Ms. León looks back, with loving yet wary eyes. Review: A Tale of Two Women at the New York Philharmonic 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The showpiece is a lengthy interpretation of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” with a brief detour into George Gershwin’s “Summertime.” Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z In Gershwin’s “They All Laughed,” when he delivers the line “But ho, ho, ho/who’s got the last laugh now!,” those ho-hos are so booming that he sounds like Mephistopheles. music: Ren?e Fleming?s Crossover to Rock, ?Dark Hope? 2010-05-28T14:47:00Z As a high schooler, Wu played the solo part in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” and she became a subscriber to the Boston Symphony while she was studying at Harvard University. Boston’s Mayor Trades City Hall for Symphony Hall 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The songs for Porgy which Ira wrote with George Gershwin, however, were usually written music first and words second, which may account for lyrics like the over-rhymed It Ain't Necessarily So. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z To my mind, "Rhapsody in Blue," the piece that swept Gershwin to fame is nowhere near the same plane of inspiration as some of his own best works. Seattle Symphony: Three masterpieces and one near-miss 2010-10-08T21:12:00Z It is one of four Broadway musical revivals this fall — along with “Follies,” “Godspell” and “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” — that offer new interpretations of the original works, albeit to widely varying degrees. The New Season: New Layers for Broadway-Bound Musical Revivals 2011-09-17T23:00:46Z “Wicked” resumes performances on Sept. 14 at the Gershwin Theater. ‘1, 2, 3 … Exhale Together’: Broadway Families, Reunited at Last 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Later that month, the orchestra will perform “Four Black American Dances” by Carlos Simon, alongside Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 5 and Gershwin’s Concerto in F, both featuring the pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Tanglewood’s Summer Season Blends Familiar and New 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The Central Park performance remains the highlight: On Wednesday, the orchestra will play Gershwin’s “An American in Paris,” the “Symphonic Dances” from Bernstein’s “West Side Story” and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z During that scene, cast members and choristers cut loose as they executed some gyrating dance movements and sang Gershwin’s music with full-bodied sound and crispness. Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The Gershwin estate did not permit that version to be played for many years, but Thibaudet used Grofé's orchestration on his CD. He's got rhythm: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Gershwin in Seattle 2011-04-15T00:31:40Z The other two nominees, the Gershwin musical “Nice Work if You Can Get It” and the now-shuttered flop “Leap of Faith,” are drawing relatively little support. ‘Newsies’ Versus ‘Once,’ and Other Tony Competitions 2012-06-07T22:01:22Z Old-fashioned lovers might see classics like “Anything Goes” or “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.” Performances for Valentine?s Day, or Thereabouts 2012-02-02T23:32:29Z A fair chunk of the sweeping Gershwin instrumental score wound up there, too. Cue the 2012 Tony Awards, and a stripped-down Broadway season 2012-06-07T21:40:41Z Porter wrote two other numbers for Frances Gershwin, who was in the original cast and appeared on opening night with her famous brother George as accompanist. Cole Porter’s Lost Show Unearthed 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z The concert, presented in filmed form by PBS, included works by Bernstein, Gershwin, Chopin, Copland and others. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Following’ and ‘The Roads Not Taken’ 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z By 1965, Ms. Conrad was appearing with the New York City Opera in the lead female role of George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” an opera to which she would return throughout her career. Barbara Smith Conrad, singer who overcame discrimination in celebrated operatic career, dies at 79 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Were it not for him we would have neither Mahler nor Debussy, nor for that matter Gershwin or Richard Rodgers. From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z On opening night, he told a reporter that Bacharach was “the first original American composer since Gershwin.” For Burt Bacharach, ‘Promises, Promises’ Was One Broadway Hit Too Many 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The four-movement concerto begins in tribute to Gershwin, with a Rhapsody. The short and the long of the American conversation in Wynton Marsalis' Concerto in D at the Bowl 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z A less ambitious tapping of the Gershwin canon, and one of the flashier new musicals, is this fizzy, genially dopey homage to "Oh, Kay!" and other Gershwin romps. Cue the 2012 Tony Awards, and a stripped-down Broadway season 2012-06-07T21:40:41Z She is the first woman to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. Obama to host concert honoring Carole King 2013-05-17T15:53:11Z If Gershwin awkwardly attempted a Ravelian orchestral model with “Catfish Row,” Ravel nailed a jazzy French style with his Concerto in G. It is a Wang specialty. Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The orchestra took last week off, but its New Year’s Eve concert — a Bernstein and Gershwin program — is still ahead. Music Review: Anne Sofie von Otter and New York Philharmonic - Review 2011-12-29T21:49:17Z Haney had been in the classroom, trying to lead her students through George Gershwin’s “Summertime” when, as she put it, “I failed miserably, like I never have … my students were giving me some funny looks.” Meet the encephalophone: An instrument you can play with your mind, just by thinking 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z In keeping with American orchestral tradition, the program started with the national anthem, and stayed in-country with the music of George Gershwin, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. A patriotic gala and a well-placed Fran's fan 2012-09-18T02:02:04Z Two beyond-the-grave “collaborations” — obscure minor Gershwin tunes outfitted with wispy lyrics by Mr. Wilson and the instrumentalist Scott Bennett — are throwaways. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z Christophe Chagnard will lead the orchestra in a program of independent musical thinkers of the 20th century: Gershwin, Bernstein and Prokofiev. 17 of Seattle's top entertainment picks, April 8-14 2012-04-04T23:29:04Z Saturday evening's program certainly reflects a range of styles -- along with Gershwin, you'll hear Ravel's "Bolero," some Beethoven and an electrifying cello piece by Gulda, to be performed by cellist Joshua Roman. Lunch with Gershwin 2011-09-14T22:33:33Z “We kind of took some cues from movies like ‘Manhattan’ and ‘Annie Hall,’ where Woody Allen was taking contemporary subject matter and putting Gershwin behind it. And the Emmy goes to . . . music supervisor 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Tovey demonstrated his versatility, deftly accompanying the personable Mr. Lewis in Mr. Tovey’s arrangements of two Gershwin songs at the piano. New York Philharmonic and Dianne Reeves on New Year’s Eve 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z To begin with, the title of the show is now “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.” ArtsBeat Blog: Stephen Sondheim Takes Issue With Plan for Revamped 'Porgy and Bess' 2011-08-10T16:12:09Z Gershwin was working for $15 a week, plugging other people’s songs, and the boys dreamed of George’s writing a musical for Fred one day. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z Revered classics — Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" and Gershwin's "American in Paris," to name a few — are part of the picture. Seattle Symphony's new season: 'Doctor Atomic' is in there, so is 'Rite of Spring' 2011-01-19T20:11:23Z The couple loved travel, books, plays, music — their friends included George Gershwin, Arturo Toscanini, Marian Anderson, Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht — and especially climbing in the Alps. Luise Rainer, ’30s Star Who Won Back-to-Back Oscars, Dies at 104 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z AP: The namesake of the honor is George Gershwin, and you grew up a devoted fan of Tin Pan Alley songwriting. Q&A: Paul McCartney on playing the White House 2010-07-26T16:37:00Z Elsewhere, the Gershwins’ “Of Thee I Sing” can be heard in concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday. One Musical Knockout After Another 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The original will always remain available for opera companies, Marc Gershwin noted, “but that doesn’t mean it has to be a museum piece.” With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z The Music of George and Ira Gershwin The songwriting duo is saluted in this show created by Robert Israel. L.A. theater openings, March 27-April 3: 'Rain,' 'Future Thinking' and more 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z She’s a world-weary Garland circa 1962 on her TV show, belting her great torch number “The Man That Got Away” from “A Star is Born,” its Ira Gershwin lyrics issuing words of warning: In ‘After the Rainbow,’ young Judy Garland comes face to face with middle-aged self It’s time to take the video of Dudamel’s now dated 2011 Gershwin gala off medici.tv, Amazon Prime and wherever else it can be found, and start all over again. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z With the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, he played on several of Sinatra’s albums, notably “Only the Lonely” and “Come Dance With Me,” and on “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book.” Bill Richmond, Longtime Colleague of Jerry Lewis, Dies at 94 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z An American in Paris National touring production of the Tony-winning musical featuring songs by the Gershwins and based on the 1951 Gene Kelly film. L.A. theater openings, April 23-30: 'An American in Paris,' 'Pericles' and more 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z During rollicking segments, the music has touches of British music hall and brassy Gershwin. Review: ‘City Lights’ and ‘ Fantasia’ at the New York Philharmonic 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The music and lyrics paid homage to great composers of the past such as Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and the Gershwins. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z They introduced young Billy to the Gershwins’ work. Billy Joel wins the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Seen in profile at the piano, he had a remarkable resemblance to George Gershwin. Igor Levit, the best Russian pianist you haven't heard...yet 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The collection includes works from non-Black composers — Gershwin and Dvorak among them — which honor the still-young roots of a new American tradition. Perspective | With ‘Roots,’ violinist Randall Goosby makes a first impression with lasting impact 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Six years later, the Beach Boys mastermind is reaching even further back in time for his latest project, "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin," due August 17 from Walt Disney Records. Beach Boy Brian Wilson takes on Gershwin 2010-08-06T20:36:00Z “You have this Gershwin/Duke Ellington/Quincy Jones thing happening,” Atwater recalls him saying. Perspective | The Soulful Symphony reinvents itself, elevating music’s American roots 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Mr. McCartney’s music unfolds through motifs and episodes, not pop verses and choruses; it harks back to Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Holst and Vaughan Williams, with a touch of Gershwin when the tough-guy Terra contingent struts in. Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean Kingdom? at City Ballet 2011-09-11T04:00:07Z Rather than simply perform the “authentic,” uncut score as Gershwin first wrote it, Mr. Harnoncourt sought to create an ideal “Porgy and Bess,” reflecting revisions made during preparations for the original production. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z Certain incisive passages sounded like a Gershwin version of “The Rite of Spring.” Music Review: An Unlikely Pair, Making Musical Sense 2011-07-14T23:06:24Z There would be more familiar fare before the night ended — Mozart, Gershwin, Stravinsky. San Diego Gets Its Answer to the Hollywood Bowl, Just in Time 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Even the attempt to shoehorn a string of Gershwin classics into the storyline creates bizarre moments. Crazy For You ? review 2011-08-10T18:00:01Z The season also will mark the 75th anniversary of George Gershwin's sole Ravinia appearance in 1936, when audience members reportedly climbed trees to catch a glimpse of the musical legend. Ravinia spices up summer 2011-03-09T22:42:00Z A trio of violins preformed well-known tunes from George Gershwin and Charlie Parker, as well as Henry Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” — a sorrowful piece that Costanzo said “responds to the moment in a more emotional way.” With concert halls shut, NY Philharmonic takes to sidewalk 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z I told her to buy Ella Fitzgerald’s recording of Gershwin songs. Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time 2011-08-06T20:43:02Z Previous recipients of the Gershwin award are Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon. McCartney's long, winding road goes to White House 2010-06-02T17:34:00Z An American in Paris National touring production of the Tony-winning musical featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin and based on the 1951 film that starred Gene Kelly. L.A. theater openings, March 19-26: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and more 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z When Ira Gershwin finally persuaded him of the melody’s merit, Harburg went to work. Oz Revisited – Part 4: Where’s That Rainbow? 2013-09-19T14:51:07Z To explore the parameters for adapting and revising existing works I talked to Stephen Sondheim, an outspoken critic of “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.” Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z There’s a mellow, jazzy quality at play: Imagine Gershwin as a Minimalist. Review: Philip Glass Comes, Finally, to the New York Philharmonic 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z The George and Ira Gershwin musical launched her career 25 years ago. Essential Arts & Culture: L.A. Phil wraps up the season, Tony Awards coming up, reconsidering Frank Lloyd Wright 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z He introduced the Met to Weill and Brecht’s “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” and the Gershwins’s “Porgy and Bess,” both with enormous success. Taking Stock of James Levine’s Tarnished Legacy 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z As the old Ira Gershwin lyric put it: Comes the revolution, all is jake / Comes the revolution, we'll be eating cake. Review: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1' 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z “Dances in the Canebrakes,” a piano piece later orchestrated by William Grant Still, was a colorful quilt of influences — Joplin, Gershwin and some of the great Hollywood composers — knitted together in a quiet mastery. Review | BSO’s Hersh leads players in a confident ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z But the Gershwin songs have been recorded by so many different artists in such varied arrangements that I’m not surprised that this slimmed-down musical presentation is giving substantial pleasure to many. Critic?s Notebook: ?Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? on Broadway Is More for Theater Fans 2012-01-21T01:16:06Z In the past several years, she has received a Kennedy Center Honor, the Recording Academy’s MusiCares Person of the Year award, and, most recently, the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Joni Mitchell Returns to the Stage, Golden, Glorious and in Control 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z He immediately pointed out that his show’s title is something of a misnomer because the Gershwins never wrote a Christmas song. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z George Gershwin called “Porgy and Bess” a “folk opera,” which placed him in a long line of composers who drew inspiration from folk themes, real or imagined. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The first production of this year’s season focuses on a seminal team: George & Ira Gershwin. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 6-12 2012-01-05T22:13:31Z Something of the angular, unnerving opening theme bears an uncanny resemblance to the upward, four-note motif that George Gershwin used for the words “I got rhythm.” Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Stillman discovered the song, which was written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film “A Damsel in Distress,” when he began working on his script. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z Of those, 27 are in the new production of the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess” that opens Monday. ‘No path is easy’: Black opera singers detail struggles 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Conspicuously absent among the composers were Jerome Kern and George Gershwin. Music Review: At the Broadway Cabaret Festival, Kooks and Cutups 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z The debut show, “Stairway to Paradise: A Gershwin Spectacular,” will feature such tunes as “I Got Rhythm,” “Someone to Watch Over Me” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.” Perfectly in tune, onstage and in the pit 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z For starters, instead of using white actors in blackface, which was still relatively common, Gershwin cast African-Americans in all the black roles. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z The jazz pianist Marcus Roberts has had success with his improvisatory approach to orchestral works by Gershwin and James P. Johnson, and he ought to be a frequent guest soloist with top classical ensembles. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z And then all of a sudden, he kept on going – and it was just like this flywheel going around and around, and somewhere in this process you realized that we were listening to Gershwin.” Green Book: the true story behind the Oscar-buzzed road trip drama 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “Porgy and Bess” was also Gershwin’s first opera — and his last; he was dead within two years, killed by a brain tumor at the age of 38. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z Pop quiz: The New York City Ballet principal Robert Fairchild is dancing to the sounds of Gershwin, in choreography by Christopher Wheeldon. Robert Fairchild Crosses Back to Ballet, Gershwin in Tow 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Deep in a stack of sheet music that was about to be discarded, he found “Boulevard Break,” a second number written for Frances Gershwin. Cole Porter’s Lost Show Unearthed 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z She eventually relaxed enough to sing lead on several numbers, including a sumptuous version of George Gershwin’s “Summertime” that allowed her to luxuriate in her velvety lower register. Joni Mitchell Reclaims Her Voice at Newport 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z On May 9 President Obama awarded them the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first team to receive the honor. The Week Ahead: May 20 ? 26 2012-05-20T08:00:06Z McCartney, 67, is the third recipient of the Gershwin prize, awarded by the Library of Congress. McCartney's long, winding road goes to White House 2010-06-02T17:34:00Z Louise herself listens to Édith Piaf and breaks into song — Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein — at odd moments. Books of The Times: ‘Mountains of the Moon,’ by I. J. Kay 2012-07-10T13:31:36Z Still, “Porgy,” a tragic love story set in South Carolina’s Catfish Row, provides a rare opportunity for black artists because the Gershwin estate requires that they be cast in all the singing roles. ‘No path is easy’: Black opera singers detail struggles 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z American classical music," Jamal continues, using the term he coined for jazz years ago, "interpreted the works of composers such as the Gershwins or Irving Berlin beyond their wildest dreams. Ahmad Jamal: 'After a time you discover the Mozart in you' 2013-02-01T05:00:00Z He went through “I Got Rhythm,” the George Gershwin staple, because Ms. Cook used to close shows with the song. In Barbara Cook’s Final Days, Her Friends Came to Sing at Her Bedside 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The exhibition will be in the Library of Congress Ira Gershwin Gallery at Disney Hall. American Ballet Theatre donating archives to Library of Congress 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z While Ms. Abbate and Mr. Parker have written a general-interest study, it is one that reflects an academy still antipathetic to popular composers like Gershwin and Mr. Glass. Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z Here is one Gershwin lyric, though, which rides along with the effortless rhyming felicity he so relentlessly pursued. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z His development of symphonic jazz and his association with George Gershwin, from whom he commissioned “Rhapsody in Blue,” left a permanent mark on American music. ‘King of Jazz’ now playing — once again — in living Technicolor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Among his options are “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” from “My Fair Lady”; “Luck Be a Lady” from “Guys and Dolls”; and George Gershwin’s “Embraceable You.” Signature’s ‘Revenge of the Understudies’: Give them a spotlight and no one gets hurt Never mind the smudges in Wednesday’s delivery of the Gershwin classic “Who Cares?” Dance Review: A Way With Balanchine (and With a Talking Dancer, Too) 2010-09-17T22:28:00Z The enduring and magnetic appeal of Gershwin’s score is undeniable. | 'The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess': Audra McDonald in ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? - Review 2012-01-13T03:01:13Z Mr. Gelb made the announcement as the Met prepares to open its season on Monday with a new production of the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess.” The Met Will Stage Its First Opera by a Black Composer 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z His voice, too, is an engaging instrument for the score of Gershwin standards and novelty numbers, such as “ ’S Wonderful,” “I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck” and “Fidgety Feet.” Worlds converge with grace in ‘An American in Paris’ on Broadway 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Gershwin has been a passion of his since childhood. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z At the Gershwin, audience members were seated on couches and folding chairs positioned around the lobby, with a thick black curtain blocking off the hotel’s reception desk. Music Review: Handel’s ‘Rodrigo’ at Gershwin Hotel 2013-05-22T20:40:44Z “Regina” is one of those American operas — like George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” and Kurt Weill’s “Street Scene” — that had their premieres on Broadway and have faced uphill battles at opera houses. Susan Graham, Opera’s Sweetheart, Tries Something New: Being Nasty 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “Waitress” and “Jagged Little Pill” had their premieres there; so did Paulus’s staging of “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” and her revival of “Pippin,” which won her a Tony Award for directing. Review: ‘Wild: A Musical Becoming’ Is Finding Its Footing 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z He intended to be a classical musician until he discovered George Gershwin. Hugh Martin, Songwriter, Dies at 96 2011-03-14T15:55:12Z Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” represents Toscanini’s infatuation with New York, even if it is performed here in a bizarre arrangement for trumpet and piano. Review: In ‘Maestro,’ a Downbeat Look at the Great Toscanini 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Still, giants like George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Stephen Sondheim are outside my purview here. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z He idolized not stars, but arrangers, like George Gershwin and Nelson Riddle. Barry Manilow Just Wanted to Write the Songs. He’s Still Singing Them. 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s a shame that after decades of service in small, priceless, often unheralded character roles, he got the chance to own the whole stage, only to be skunked by a little Gershwin. Best and Worst Moments of the 76th Tony Awards 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Lewis, who can easily sound heroic, held back, the better to embody the Gershwin leading man as a confident, cheerful partner in a romantic adventure devoid of macho posturing. Music Review: The Cheeriness of Those Gershwin Boys 2011-01-27T22:43:45Z On Tuesday, they plan staggered openings — 7 p.m. for “Wicked” at the Gershwin Theatre and 7:30 p.m. for “The Lion King” at the Minskoff Theatre. Re-opening of 3 powerhouse Broadway shows signals new dawn 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z When I consider classical music in film, though, I’m thinking of actual concert works from the classical canon: Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” in “Apocalypse Now,” Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan.” Perspective | When classical music becomes another character in a movie 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Impressed by the premiere of Rhapsody in Blue, the musical director of the New York Philharmonic commissioned Gershwin to create a more formal work in standard, three-movement form. RLPO/Wilson – review 2013-04-08T16:27:14Z The brightest holiday delights should be where the dancing’s best, and where George and Ira Gershwin rule. Perspective | Will Tina Fey’s ‘Mean Girls’ rule onstage? 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Not Gershwin, necessarily, but something or someone in that general spirit. The Tipsy Diaries: Getting a Kick From Piano Bars 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z And you think, inevitably, about Woody Allen movies; specifically "Manhattan" and its great opening sequence, set to Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." Movies in the Big Apple 2010-03-31T20:16:00Z Many Encores! smashes have been exhumations of musicals from the 1920s and ’30s: the Gershwins’ Strike Up the Band, Rodgers and Hart’s Babes in Arms, Sigmund Romberg’s The New Moon. A Sondheim Musical Rolls Back to Life 2012-02-15T16:40:10Z “Yet Gershwin wrote something that ranks with Puccini in terms of crafting great melodies and great theater.” Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z Manilow knows his stuff, and between exquisite versions of Gershwin songs, he explained how they work, and what elevates them into genius. Radio review: They Write the Songs 2011-03-16T07:59:01Z “The Dividing Line,” a premiere by Mr. Royal set to Gershwin, wavered between sensations — abutting stillness and alienation were glimpses of hope. What Is It Like to Watch Live Dance Again? Amazing 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Unintentionally quoting one of the Ira Gershwin lyrics in the show, he says, "It's wonderful. You feel supported, and everyone is focusing on the same thing. Thankfully, we all got on very well." Ballet stars talk Tony-nominated 'An American in Paris' and Broadway leap 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z And Brian Wilson, with his symphonic leanings and a melodic sense derived as much from Broadway as Chuck Berry, is arguably the rock writer with the closest ties to George Gershwin. Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin 2010-09-02T20:30:00Z In the end, it was Costanzo, who removed his jacket and shoes before stepping onto the table and crooning the first spellbinding notes of George Gershwin’s “Summertime.” At a ‘Dinner With Ghosts,’ Everything Is Art 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z “Theater Camp,” a fizzy mockumentary about growing up Gershwin, does both. ‘Theater Camp’ Review: Cabin Into the Woods 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z "It was an amazing challenge for Gershwin," says Thibaudet, who recorded both "Rhapsody" and Concerto in F on his 2010 CD "Gershwin." He's got rhythm: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Gershwin in Seattle 2011-04-15T00:31:40Z George Gershwin played on her family’s piano, and Charles Lindbergh dropped by for “tea,” Prohibition cocktails. Doris Eaton Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106 2010-05-12T06:05:00Z Simon & Schuster has just published “The Gershwins and Me,” his passionate memoir-appreciation-critique of those years and his accumulated knowledge of the brothers whom he unabashedly idolizes. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z Afterward, she wanted to record an album of old standards by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and the like. Linda Ronstadt never stopped singing 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z In doing so he reveals nothing so much as his own crippling insecurity: "Bess, you is my woman now, you is, you is!" he sings to the strains of George Gershwin's aching melody. A bright new 'Porgy and Bess' 2011-05-22T20:41:53Z On Hope’s album, the best performances come early, when he takes on a clutch of Gershwin tunes. What Is American Music? Three Classical Albums Offer Answers. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z "I was so pleased when the venerable Library of Congress began honoring writers of popular songs with the Gershwin Prize," King said in a statement. Singer-songwriter Carole King to receive U.S. Gershwin prize 2012-12-13T20:50:29Z Recording more than 200 albums – with sales of 40m – and winning 13 Grammy awards, she is best known for her series of Songbook albums, celebrating songwriters such as Ellington, Cole Porter and the Gershwins. Ella Fitzgerald commemorated by Google doodle 2013-04-25T00:27:26Z George Li proved the dazzling got-rhythm pianist in Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” Variations. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Photograph: Boston Globe/Getty Images Neruda Songs contains some of the most unabashedly lyrical music that any American composer has produced since Gershwin. Alex Ross on Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 2013-05-28T06:00:00Z The producer, Sherwin Goldman, met resistance from the Gershwin estate, and from Ira Gershwin himself. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z “Sweeney Todd” has accordingly joined the repertoire of many opera companies, where it holds its own with such 20th-century titans as the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess” and Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z McCartney will receive the third Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. Stevie Wonder, other stars to honor Paul McCartney 2010-05-24T18:43:00Z That’s why his new show, “A Gershwin Holiday” at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, has a focused emotional intensity not usually associated with this traditional crooner, pianist, musical archivist and outspoken champion of the American songbook. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z I didn't just want to do `Cheyenne Jackson Sings Gershwin.' Cheyenne Jackson strips down in 'The Performers' 2012-11-12T12:27:08Z The vibrant pianist and Gershwin devotee Kevin Cole gave a scintillating account of this adventurous work. Music Review: Baltimore and Albany Symphonies at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T21:11:30Z No two lyricists are worshipped more in the American pantheon than Gershwin and Hart – but the truth is that Gershwin is too often convoluted and Hart too often sloppy. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z McCartney became the third Gershwin prize recipient after Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder. Obama presents award to former Beatle McCartney 2010-06-03T05:33:00Z That's why Gershwin was still scrambling the night of the show. Herbie Hancock will 'swing' Gershwin with SSO 2011-11-18T00:44:04Z The record's highlights are mostly on side two where three extended songs combine in what can best be compared to a rock 'n' roll version of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." The inauspicious arrival of Bruce Springsteen 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z It remained, virtually unplayed, in the New York apartment that was originally owned by Gershwin’s mother, and was passed down through three generations to Marc Gershwin. Michigan Music School Concert to Feature Gershwin's Piano 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The Gershwins’ opera, set in an African-American community in 1920s South Carolina, is full of action and glorious songs like “Summertime” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” Beloved yet problematic: Seattle Opera tackles the cultural controversies behind ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z She's the first woman to win the library's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. US library to honor Carole King with music prize 2012-12-13T17:47:17Z The Philharmonic has long been a Gershwin orchestra — it gave the premiere of “An American in Paris” in 1928 — so it was a natural choice for the soundtrack. The Philharmonic Accompanies ‘Manhattan,’ Just as It Did in 1979 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The British-born Mr. Wheeldon has a long history with “An American in Paris,” beginning when his parents took him to a concert of Gershwin music at the age of 7. Christopher Wheeldon Directs ‘An American in Paris’ for Broadway 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Fields could play almost any request, especially if it was for a Gershwin, Kern, Rodgers or Porter tune. Irving Fields, Composer Who Infused Songs With Latin Rhythms, Dies at 101 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Electronic enhancement feeds wordless choral halos and shivers of percussion around the theater, amplifying shadowy, jazzy riffs, distantly reminiscent of Gershwin, and dusky slashes out of a Bernard Herrmann film score. ‘Hamlet,’ a New Opera, Makes Shakespeare Strange 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct the orchestra in a concert of Britten, Gershwin and Sibelius on March 18 at Avery Fisher Hall. Simon Rattle to Return to His Roots, Taking Over the London Symphony 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by Obama and listened to a concert of his music performed by other singers before singing some of his own songs. Obama presents award to former Beatle McCartney 2010-06-03T05:33:00Z The landmark American opera "Porgy and Bess," the jewel in George Gershwin's crown, is sure to be a hot ticket when it opens at Seattle Opera on Saturday. Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z With witty nods to Bach and Handel, Bizet and Gershwin, the remarkable score subsumes the oversized passions and preposterous romantic plots of classical opera into a lurid spectacle of American pulp fantasy. Trash TV goes highbrow in ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’ 2014-01-14T00:50:22Z Give him a prize, he's the "Piano Man": The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter is saluted in the special "Billy Joel: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize." TV This Week, Dec. 28-Jan. 3: 'The Kennedy Center Honors' and more 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The program includes works by the black composers Oswald Russell and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and an arrangement of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” Spare Times Listings for Feb. 20-26 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Maybe that is her Gershwin secret, along with her unerring technique and musicality. Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Andrew Tyson essays a completely different kind of showcase, with works by Dutilleux, Petrossian, Scriabin, Gershwin and Ravel at Weill Hall. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The four musical revival nominees also get a turn on stage, with performances from "Evita," "Follies," "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" and "Jesus Christ Superstar." Tony Awards show not skimping on razzle-dazzle 2012-06-10T15:16:03Z Enrique Morente, one of the world’s most celebrated flamenco singers, whose work embraced both traditional styles and contemporary influences as diverse as George Gershwin and Leonard Cohen, died on Monday in a Madrid hospital. Enrique Morente, Celebrated Flamenco Singer, Dies at 67 2010-12-15T05:11:10Z Wright also happened to be the screenwriter for the unproduced Spielberg film about Gershwin, who for a time was a close collaborator with Levant. Sean Hayes to Star in Broadway Play About Oscar Levant 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z In 1993, Davis returned to the theater, joining the touring cast of “Crazy for You,” a musical featuring the songs of George and Ira Gershwin. 'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas Paul McCartney is to receive one of the ' most important music awards, the Gershwin prize for popular song. Paul McCartney to be honoured by Barack Obama at White House concert 2010-05-25T09:16:00Z After the tryout premiere in Boston, Gershwin and his co-creators made large cuts, some 45 minutes in all, before taking the work to Broadway. Critic?s Notebook: Did ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Meets Its Goal? 2012-01-14T00:31:27Z It was casually enchanting, as was a later perambulation through a Gershwin standard, “Love Walked In.” Music Review: The Bill McHenry Quartet at the Village Vanguard 2012-03-21T21:12:12Z "History, especially in the past 30 years, has vindicated Gershwin's idea that this is an opera, but an intrinsically American one — not just in subject matter but musically," Starr informs. Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z His award was presented at the Gershwin Theatre in New York. Mackintosh inducted into Hall of Fame 2014-01-27T18:08:30Z The New York Philharmonic gets its Gershwin on, with a little help from jazz great Dianne Reeves and Broadway's Norm Lewis, on the annual New Year's Eve edition of "Live From Lincoln Center." TV This Week, Dec. 28-Jan. 3: 'The Kennedy Center Honors' and more 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z English National Ballet is recreating the razzmatazz of the 1930s in Strictly Gershwin. VIDEO: Ballet's blue tribute to Gershwin 2011-06-09T04:54:14Z "Gershwin was an unassuming guy," Miller told The New York Times in 1989. Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99 2010-08-02T18:27:00Z A set of complicated Gershwin song arrangements clearly needed more rehearsal. Despite the disconnect, clarinetist and pianist put on an enjoyable recital 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Though black opera singers were almost unheard of, Gershwin never even considered casting white singers. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z His last book was a sweeping biography of Marc Blitzstein; other subjects have included George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. Capturing the Short, Glamorous Life of a Forgotten Broadway Lyricist 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z An American in Paris , music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, book by Craig Lucas. Review | You can easily fall into like with ‘An American in Paris’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Messing with the Gershwins is an artistic gamble even with top talent attached. Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z Wherever Mr. Feinstein appears, he gives the impression that he is in an intimate supper club from a time when Cole Porter and the Gershwins were the hippest songwriters working. Theater Review | 'All About Me': Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna, at Henry Miller?s Theater 2010-03-19T03:32:00Z Some critics felt Gershwin never really got it together. Herbie Hancock will 'swing' Gershwin with SSO 2011-11-18T00:44:04Z Szilveszter Okovacs, the Hungarian State Opera’s general director, said that the current contract the opera house signed with the Gershwin estate’s agents, Tams-Witmark in New York, did not contain any clause specifying casting limitations. ‘Porgy and Bess’ With a White Cast Stirs Controversy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z When Thibaudet trotted out to the piano to perform the Gershwin Concerto in F, there was an immediate energy in the room that everyone knew would be channeled into the music. Review: Slatkin, Thibaudet take Seattle Symphony audiences on a jazzy jaunt 2011-04-22T17:02:03Z Heyward spent years pushing Gershwin to collaborate on an opera; once Gershwin agreed, Heyward mailed him lyrics — the only ones he ever wrote in his life — that are some of the most sublime ever written. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z This community is depicted mostly through Gershwin’s extraordinary choral scenes, the core of the opera. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Nothing was more eagerly awaited than Queen Latifah’s singing of Gershwin’s “Man I Love.” Dance Review: New York City Ballet Season Gala, With Robbins and Balanchine 2013-05-09T21:10:33Z Nunn is one of eight directors, actors and playwrights who will be formally inducted at a gala ceremony at New York's Gershwin Theatre next January. Nunn joins Broadway Hall of Fame 2012-09-27T10:45:10Z The Gershwin is suave, the Carter, a Seattle commission not heard until after the composer’s death, episodically, thornily witty. Classical Playlist: Bach, Haydn, Seattle Symphony and More 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “Yes,” Mr. Harnoncourt said, “Gershwin and Berg have a lot to do with each other.” Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z Back in the States they signed to star in the first Broadway collaboration by the Gershwin brothers, “Black-Eyed Susan.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z The recital ended with a sort of programmed encore, a delightfully sung account of the Gershwin standard “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.” Music Review: Anthony Dean Griffey and Emalie Savoy at Morgan Library 2013-01-16T16:08:16Z The new production of “Porgy and Bess” that opened recently on Broadway — now crassly, not to mention inaccurately, branded “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” — has become perhaps the most controversial musical revival in recent memory. Critic?s Notebook: ?Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? on Broadway Is More for Theater Fans 2012-01-21T01:16:06Z Gershwin’s “Rhapsody” has been used in many ways over the years. Review: At the Guggenheim, They Heart New York and Indoor Dance 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Also on the program are extracts from Bernstein’s “Candide” and “West Side Story,” Gershwin’s “American in Paris” and Mr. Ozone’s own “MO’s Nap.” Dance Listings for April 18-24 2014-04-17T23:01:08Z Works by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Varèse, 7:30 p.m. Morlot celebrates rhythm in next concert 2011-09-22T21:27:04Z What his two hands achieved in Gershwin was totally outshone by the sheer sonic splendor and dazzling virtuosity that just one drew from Ravel's Left-Hand Concerto — for me, the evening's greatest work. Seattle Symphony: Three masterpieces and one near-miss 2010-10-08T21:12:00Z Earlier this year, Mr. David and Mr. Bacharach received the fourth Gershwin Prize from the Library of Congress. Hal David, Award-Winning Lyricist, is Dead at 91 2012-09-01T23:03:16Z There were other bits of symphonic George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, along with jazzy Leonard Bernstein. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The prize, created by the Library of Congress in 2007, is named after songwriters George and Ira Gershwin. Joel's songwriting career honoured 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Three decades later, Gershwin, with his Rhapsody in Blue, found himself at the centre of a related debate when his incorporation of jazz – perceived as grubby, street music – outraged middle-class concert-goers. What pop music owes to the classical masters 2013-01-24T18:54:18Z Morlot doesn't anticipate future programs always being as intense as the Gershwin/Stravinsky/Varèse lineup. Morlot celebrates rhythm in next concert 2011-09-22T21:27:04Z The frothy musical smartly integrates classic Gershwin songs such as "Sweet and Lowdown," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "S'Wonderful," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "They All Laughed" and "Fascinating Rhythm." Tony nominations spread out but 'Once' leads 2012-05-02T00:16:03Z Or as the famous Gershwin song from the time put it, “they all laughed at Rockefeller Center, now they’re fighting to get in.” Rockefeller Center’s Art Deco Marvel: A Virtual Tour 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z He went a little over the top in Gershwin’s “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from “Porgy and Bess,” but he stunningly owned the stage. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Jazz composer Duke Ellington was one of those who bashed the gospel, jazz and folkloric strains in Gershwin's score as "inauthentic." Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z In its nigh-perfect integration of dance, old-fashioned romance and classic Gershwin songs, this musical adaptation of the beloved movie achieved the rare distinction of actually improving on the source material. The Best Theater of 2015 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z After the show opened for its world premiere at the Colonial Theater in Boston, Gershwin and some of his collaborators walked around the Boston Common until 3 a.m. hashing over cuts to the three-and-a-half-hour production. Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z The song she burst into was “One Life to Live,” by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill. She Sang. So Did His Heart. 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The duets — Porter’s “So in Love” and Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” — were failed, but not unenjoyable, chemistry lessons. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z He may be best known for his sparkling clarity in French music and jazzy Gershwin, but those are ideal Beethoven qualities too, especially here. Everything goes right for Gustavo Dudamel in Beethoven program 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Throughout it, they stuck for the most part with the music of classic composers like Berlin, Kern, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and other giants of Broadway and Hollywood musicals. Eydie Gorme, Popular Nightclub and TV Singer, Dies at 84 2013-08-10T23:48:41Z The estates, which will earn royalties on “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” did object when the idea was briefly floated of interpolating outside Gershwin music into “Porgy.” Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z “Happy dust,” the powdery white drug at the center of George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” is rendered in Spanish as “perico,” and in German as “Schnee” — both maintaining the slanginess of the original. ‘Porgy and Bess’ Can Offend. Now Try Translating It Into Spanish. 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But they were pushed aside for me in the moment when hearing Gershwin’s masterpiece on Monday, especially in a performance so authoritative and gripping. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The groundbreaking 16-minute dance sequence to Gershwin's 1928 "American in Paris" suite, Oken thinks, "is beautiful, but it doesn't feel earned." Ballet stars talk Tony-nominated 'An American in Paris' and Broadway leap 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Morlot will cap the evening with George Gershwin’s rapturous “Rhapsody In Blue,” but the program’s centerpiece is called Five Movements from “The Nutcracker” In Jazz and Classical Versions. Seattle Symphony’s year-end plans: traditional and the new 2013-12-27T01:00:06Z You've no plans to do for London what you did to Manhattan, set it to Gershwin and fireworks and celebrate it from on high? Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z Maal launched his career playing in the traditional griot style, but he hasn’t shied away from blending percussive African music with songs by Gershwin or the Beach Boys. What to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend: Baaba Maal, the Tony Nominees, and Fufu 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z They later brought in Wright, who had been the screenwriter of the Gershwin film. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Buchbinder raves about Brahms, Mozart, Schubert and Gershwin, but Beethoven still rules 30 years later. Austrian piano virtuoso enjoys life on-off stage 2012-07-12T12:00:16Z With the series currently displaced from its usual home at the Gershwin Hotel, Ms. Chow decamped to the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village for a characteristic double bill on Wednesday night. Music Review: Contagious Sounds Takes Stage at Cornelia Street Café 2013-09-06T20:41:51Z The Trinidad-born Ms. De Bique, a recent graduate of the Manhattan School of Music with a small collection of prizes and high-profile engagements, will sing arias of Mozart, Bellini, Gounod and Gershwin. The Week Ahead: Sept. 12 ? Sept. 18 2010-09-10T15:37:00Z As part of the Gershwin Prize, Mitchell will be honored with a tribute concert on March 1 in Washington, D.C., that will air on PBS on March 31. Joni Mitchell to Be Honored With Gershwin Prize and Tribute Concert 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Billy Joel, the regular guy from Long Island who insists he’s not a very good piano player, will be the next recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the U.S. Billy Joel wins the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song SUN The story of composer George Gershwin, 2 p.m. Community calendar 2011-10-26T23:24:10Z More classics are on the way courtesy of the 92nd Street Y’s popular Lyrics & Lyricists program, which starts its virtual Preludes series with “George Gershwin: Bidin’ My Time.” Theater to Stream: Cabaret Lives Online and Zombies Walk the Stage 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z As he explained in an article for The New York Times that appeared in October 1935, during the Broadway run, Gershwin wanted the music of his opera “to be all of one piece.” Critic?s Notebook: Did ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Meets Its Goal? 2012-01-14T00:31:27Z Both of those shows, which feature music and songs from George and Ira Gershwin, have ten nominations. "Once" leads tight Tony Awards contest 2012-06-10T17:14:17Z He comes from a long line of jazz musicians who have moved out of the category, notably back to Gershwin and Ellington, but with roots as far back as the 19th century Gottschalk. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Does the Gershwin/Copland/Bernstein opening-night lineup indicate what he likes best in American music? Seattle Symphony opens season with Joshua Bell, former Gov. Dan Evans 2012-09-12T02:11:03Z The lifetime achievement award is named for the duo of George and Ira Gershwin and was created by Congress to honor songwriters who entertain, inform and inspire. Smokey Robinson honored with national pop music prize 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Simple - one-man shows about such composers as George Gershwin, Frederic Chopin and Ludwig van Beethoven. Leonard Bernstein comes to life in New York 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z It seems to swallow up half the space in the Gershwin Theater, which normally itself does the swallowing, making big musicals look puny. A Decade Later, ‘Wicked’ Continues to Be Catnip for Tweens 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Certain people from New York would go to the Gershwins, Lee and Ira, and stay up later. The Hollywood Hostess Connie Wald Recalls the Storied Stars Circling Her Table 2012-02-24T22:30:32Z It contains everything from Ralph Ellison’s personal library to Rosa Parks’s peanut-butter-pancakes recipe to Bob Hope’s joke collection and George Gershwin’s piano. The Librarian of Congress and the Greatness of Humility 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Sir Paul McCartney comes to the nation's capital to accept the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. TV Picks: 'Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House' on KCTS 2010-07-27T19:43:00Z Ella showed what polished gems they were; and she even, I later learned, organized them into handy "songbooks" that highlighted the glories of Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and others. Who could ask for anything more? 'Michael Feinstein's American Songbook' on TV 2010-09-29T21:18:00Z Romantic musical comedy set in 1930s New York featuring a book by Ken Ludwig and classic songs by George and Ira Gershwin. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The program was devoted to Gershwin and Ravel. Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z But it’s Ms. Peck who seems to gain most from Mr. Litton’s wonderful account of the Gershwin score. New York City Ballet’s Fall Season Bursts With Talent 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Ira Gershwin Effortfulness is the defining characteristic of Gershwin's lyrics. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z “Nice Work,” about a playboy who gets mixed up with bootleggers in the 1920s, and featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, will open on Broadway in spring 2012, the show’s producers announced on Thursday. ArtsBeat: 'Nice Work' - and Matthew Broderick Gets It - in Broadway-Bound Show 2011-06-16T20:13:40Z The message of this Depression-era George Gershwin song is still as relevant today as any song on the charts, said Bennett. Tony Bennett flies Seattle crowd to the moon 2011-12-18T20:48:15Z The former Beatle says it's very special to win the Gershwin Prize because he grew up listening to music by the Gershwin brothers. US library honors Paul McCartney for pop music 2010-06-02T01:31:00Z They also recently authorized a new musical revue of Gershwin songs, “ ’S Wonderful,” which ran at a theater in Queens in November. With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z In the Milhaud, the piano-focused arrangement emphasized the score’s 1920s affinities with George Gershwin. Review: Mark Morris Conducts at Tanglewood, and Offers a Debut 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The Gershwin was gentle and warm, and the dancers became our new best friends with their sweet inclusiveness. When the dancers let loose, this performance flowed more smoothly 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The opening lineup will be Mozart, Dvorak, Gershwin and Tchaikovsky. The Little Orchestra Society Limits Schedule and Aims for Younger Audience 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z If this billing is at the insistence of the Gershwin estate, they should be ashamed of themselves. ArtsBeat Blog: Stephen Sondheim Takes Issue With Plan for Revamped 'Porgy and Bess' 2011-08-10T16:12:09Z The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is named for the U.S. songwriting brothers George and Ira Gershwin, whose collections are housed at the library. US library honors Paul McCartney for pop music 2010-06-02T01:31:00Z A glassy, small-scale piece by William Grant Still connected more tenuously to George Gershwin’s ecstatic “Rhapsody in Blue.” At Mostly Mozart Concerts, Casual Vibes and High Musical Values 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The plan is to record songs by an as-yet unrevealed composer: someone "not as famous as Gershwin or Porter ... but he did as many hit songs as anybody". Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett to record jazz album 2012-10-01T11:18:49Z Born in 1910, the son of Eastern European Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, Kaufman was not, Ms. Weber writes, quoting a Gershwin song, “the man some girls think of as handsome.” Books of The Times: When Granny Met Gershwin, and Other Gossip 2011-07-25T18:39:38Z “If we don’t have complete scores for an early Gershwin show or an early Kern show, at least we know the songs. This, we don’t even know the songs.” Cole Porter’s Lost Show Unearthed 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z After a successful Broadway run in the 1940s, Kurt Weill’s “Lady in the Dark,” with a book by Moss Hart and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, was performed live on NBC in 1954. America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z R&B master and “poet laureate of soul” Smokey Robinson will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Motown great Smokey Robinson to receive prestigious Gershwin Prize 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z On command, he could knock out standards as diverse as Beethoven’s “Für Elise,” “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” which he played with a Latin beat. Irving Fields, bandleader who fed postwar mania for Yiddish mambo, dies at 101 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z "The way you wear your hat/The way you sip your tea... ," goes one crooned Gershwin lyric. ACT Theatre's 'Old Times': excellent cast, probing themes 2012-08-20T21:25:05Z He recently feted Willie Nelson in a tribute concert for the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song; the ceremony will air Friday on PBS. Pop & Rock Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z More changes came before the move to Broadway, and Gershwin was generally even tempered about them, Alpert wrote. Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z The exhibit “#Opera Before Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955,” on display at the Library of Congress Ira Gershwin Gallery inside Walt Disney Concert Hall, showcases 36 photos from the collection of the late opera authority Charles Jahant. When opera singers were media stars (and when Instagram wasn't a thing) 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Preservationists cried foul when the house of Rosemary Clooney, where George Gershwin had lived, was demolished in 2005, three years after her death. Beverly Hills: Still Elite, but ... 2011-05-27T17:11:25Z Two other big winners were Disney and the Gershwin estate: Two musicals using George and Ira Gershwin songs - "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - each got 10 nominations. Tony nominations spread out but 'Once' leads 2012-05-02T00:16:03Z The composer, George Gershwin, and one of the lyricists, brother Ira Gershwin, were Jewish. Beloved yet problematic: Seattle Opera tackles the cultural controversies behind ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z When composer George Gershwin played the world premiere of "Rhapsody in Blue," he hadn't even finished all the piano parts. Herbie Hancock will 'swing' Gershwin with SSO 2011-11-18T00:44:04Z “He knew all the old standards from George Gershwin and Irving Berlin,” Jason Samuels said in a phone interview. Jerry Samuels, Creator of a Novelty Hit, Is Dead at 84 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In between, we get a slew of familiar Gershwin classics like “ ‘S Wonderful” and rarities like “Boy Wanted.” | Connecticut: Broadway Rhythm Reappears in ?My One and Only? 2011-05-29T16:22:33Z He discovered, as biographer Edward Jablonski noted, that even Fred Astaire had more say in the orchestration of one of his best scores, "Shall We Dance," than Gershwin did. Bowl concert plays as an elegy to James Horner, and an ode to composers of movie music 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Todd Duncan, Gershwin’s original Porgy, saw it there. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z Since then, Hancock has kept the milestone Gershwin work in the spotlight, most recently with the L.A. Top arts and entertainment picks for Nov. 13-19 2011-11-10T20:56:48Z They went on to perform included music by Wagner, Gershwin and Dvorak as well as a Korean folk song. The stars whose gigs courted controversy 2013-07-01T11:12:52Z “I’m sure that Gershwin was Berg’s inspiration for that.” Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z Gershwin & Friends Michael Feinstein and the Pasadena Pops are joined by Broadway’s Rachel York, et al., for a salute to the songwriter/composer. The week ahead in L.A. classical music, Aug. 13-20: The LA Phil's 'Tchaikovsky Spectacular' and more 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The musical at the Gershwin Theatre is younger than "The Lion King" by six years. Disney's 'The Lion King' is Broadway's top grosser for 2014 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Gershwin, in a way, is the exception this weekend: The rest of the Philharmonic’s programming puts the spotlight on black composers. A Pianist Swings Hard in Both Classical and Jazz 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The familiarity of the sitcom setting may be the reason Paulus, whose impressive résumé includes Tony Award-winning revivals of "Hair," "Pippin" and "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," hits the material so hard in the beginning. 'Waitress' serves up a slice of star power in Jessie Mueller 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z She conducts and sings music from Berg’s “Lulu” and Gershwin’s “Girl Crazy” with predictable aplomb, but for me it is the sensuous and utterly uninhibited rendition of Berio’s solo “Sequenza III” that seals the deal. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The result was a serious departure from the classically inflected music that had been produced by a previous generation of pop songwriters that included George Gershwin and Irving Berlin. Jerry Leiber, Rock ?n? Roll Songwriter, Dies at 78 2011-08-22T23:15:06Z The Knights, a chamber orchestra, will be joined on July 9 by the jazz and classical pianist Aaron Diehl for Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and selections from Mary Lou Williams’s “Zodiac Suite.” Tanglewood Is Back This Summer, With Beethoven and Yo-Yo Ma 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z And “Who Cares?,” from 1970 and set to 16 songs by George Gershwin, injected the stage with fizzy life. Dance Review: ?Ocean?s Kingdom? at New York City Ballet - Review 2012-01-21T00:29:19Z Her “mini-musicals” often featured production numbers that celebrated Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and the Gershwins. Carol Burnett relives show’s comedic genius with ‘In Such Good Company’ 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z In August, Stephen Sondheim attacked some of the artistic changes, and recently has narrowed his invective to “the greedy Gershwin estate” — apparently referring to the collaborative efforts of the George and Ira estates. With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z Over the years, it has been home to everyone from George and Ira Gershwin to Duke Ellington. Harlem’s renaissance: how art, food and history are shaping its latest evolution 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Otto Kahn, an influential Met board chairman, wrote in 1925 that he had tried to interest popular jazz eminences like Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin in writing operas for the company. A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z This former boy wonder, who once worked as Ira Gershwin’s assistant, recently turned 59. Review: Michael Feinstein, Strolling Down Broadway and His Own Memory Lane 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z I think of this as the first biography of Gershwin. Joan Peyser, Bernstein and Gershwin Biographer, Dies at 80 2011-04-25T14:54:51Z The title number from Gershwin’s antiwar musical, “Strike Up the Band,” undercuts its buoyant marches with unexpected dissonances. New York Philharmonic’s Fourth of July Celebration 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z That same year, he choreographed, and danced in, a revival of the George and Ira Gershwin musical “Rosalie” in Central Park. Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Choreographer and Man of Flair, Dies at 84 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z What started as dinner-party fun — Richard Rodgers waltzes at the piano, and some improvisation — became a formal program inspired by their mutual love for Gershwin and his contemporaries. For This Classical Piano Star, a Detour Is Business as Usual 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z On the other hand, Rachel and Kurt managed to get into the Gershwin Theater, where “Wicked” is playing, stand on the stage and sing the character Elphaba’s lament “For Good.” Arts & Leisure: Touches of Broadway in ?Glee? and ?South Park? 2012-01-22T02:15:42Z This year, Mr. David and Bacharach received the fourth Gershwin Prize from the Library of Congress. Hal David, 91, award-winning songwriter dies 2012-09-02T02:37:03Z Now people can see the programs for concerts including the 1865 memorial for Abraham Lincoln and the 1929 premiere of Gershwin’s “An American in Paris.” New York Philharmonic's Archive Expands 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The musical itself lost the best musical revival award to another show with Gershwin songs, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess." 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' to close in June 2013-04-24T21:56:11Z Five years ago, balancing those sides in Gershwin gave Dudamel problems. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The latest offering, on Friday, was Woody Allen’s “Manhattan,” with the Philharmonic playing the Gershwin favorites that form the musical backdrop to this 1979 comedy filmed in black-and-white. Philharmonic Shines in Live Unison With Films as It Kicks Off 175th Season 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Stewart enjoyed a career renaissance in the new century with his "Songbook" series of albums paying homage to such songwriters as Irving Berlin and George and Ira Gershwin. Reluctant songwriter Rod Stewart honored in Hollywood 2011-04-28T07:45:06Z He returned to his musical roots as a member of the Bobby Doyle Three with the 1994 collection Timepiece, consisting of jazz standards from Hoagy Carmichael, Ira Gershwin, and more. Kenny Rogers, country music's "The Gambler," dead at 81 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z The edition, announced last year, will be the first complete, scholarly edition of the Gershwin brothers’ work. Michigan Music School Concert to Feature Gershwin's Piano 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The Library of Congress announced Tuesday that Robinson, 76, is this year's recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Smokey Robinson honored with national pop music prize 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z At moments the stage became a pulpit for his hard-sell approach to Gershwin that fused his Al Jolson and Sinatra aspects with an aggressive exuberance. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z Expressions of wised-up disillusion, like “Now You Know,” have Broadway ancestors in the lyrics of E. Y. Harburg, Ira Gershwin and even George M. Cohan. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z The book’s first, more artfully assembled part has little to do with Gershwin or Ganz. Books of The Times: When Granny Met Gershwin, and Other Gossip 2011-07-25T18:39:38Z The “Porgy” project was initiated by the Gershwin estate, and “Flower Drum Song” was reworked in coordination with the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z He helped found a Frank Sinatra fan club in Rio and also admired George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Johnny Alf, a ?Father of Bossa Nova,? Dies at 80 2010-03-12T04:04:00Z Yet Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” at the center of these concerns, comes up just once, in passing. Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z To the sections of Ravel’s piano concerto that sound like Gershwin, Robbins responds with the Broadway fun of which he was a master. Dance Review: City Ballet Focuses on Robbins at Koch Theater - Review 2012-01-22T23:08:16Z The title is a pointed allusion to Gershwin — the song closes with the lyric “I love ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ too — It’s just that he was rich when he wrote it. Beyond ‘Rent’: 4 Glimpses of the Unheard Jonathan Larson 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Even Gershwin, whose "Rhapsody in Blue" is a perennial in the concert hall, had to deal with the studio staff orchestrators of his era. Bowl concert plays as an elegy to James Horner, and an ode to composers of movie music 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Casting has been announced for the new musical version of George Gershwin’s “An American In Paris,” directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, that is to open in Paris in December. More Casting Announced for 'An American in Paris' Musical 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Gershwin's An American in Paris, written in 1928, is a riotous blur of imagery: car horns honk furiously as the music swells and sways to create finger-wagging authority figures and bemused, if not terrified, pedestrians. Readers recommend: songs with sound effects ? the results 2010-03-25T22:00:00Z Now she plans to introduce a new song for the Gershwin Prize that she wrote with Hal David entitled "I Believe in Loving You." Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize 2013-05-21T18:50:11Z That much was all but guaranteed in a program celebrating the Gershwin brothers: the composer George and the lyricist Ira. New York Philharmonic and Dianne Reeves on New Year’s Eve 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z No Gershwin, but, hey, he was the sole subject of a Pops concert some weeks ago. Michael Feinstein leads Pasadena Pops to 'New York, New York' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z In between, Mr. Morlot whimsically eases the pressure with, of all things, Gershwin’s perky “American in Paris.” The New Season: Tchaikovsky, Dress Codes, And 3-D Opera 2011-09-16T19:50:18Z SUN Gershwin tunes by Everett Philharmonic Orchestra, dinner, dancing, proceeds benefit the orchestra; 5:30 p.m. Community calendar 2012-03-28T23:08:04Z The Seattle Public Library will host free previews of Seattle Opera's upcoming production of the Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" at various locations in July. A preview of Seattle Opera's 'Porgy and Bess' at Seattle Public Library branches 2011-07-15T20:15:14Z You still feel and hear the city, but the fish were jumping as if on cue to a Gershwin Brothers’ song, and great blue herons swooped in low on the hunt. In D.C., Trading Politics for a Paddle 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z “Divertimento” is danced to Mozart and seems to belong in an 18th-century royal court; “Who Cares?” is danced to Gershwin and seems to belong on a 20th-century Broadway stage. L.A. Ballet's ambitious all-Balanchine program leads to missteps, but also one big triumph 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Only in Kathleen Marshall’s dances for the Gershwin musical “Nice Work if You Can Get It” is wit even sporadically evident this year. Critic’s Notebook: The Choreography of Tony Nominees 2012-05-28T21:35:24Z Smokey Robinson, the “poet laureate of soul,” will receive the eighth edition of the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, David Mao, the acting Librarian of Congress, announced on Tuesday. Smokey Robinson, a Leader of ‘a Musical Revolution,’ to Receive Gershwin Prize 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The building’s third-floor theater, where a young George Gershwin reportedly played his first public recital, was converted to residences years ago. The Interloper on Avenue B 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z An example of what might have been came in the form of Gershwin's student piece, Lullaby for Strings, which Wilson presented with great restraint and charm. RLPO/Wilson – review 2013-04-08T16:27:14Z “I would put Bacharach up there with Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin as part of the American Songbook,” he said. Yes, Burt Bacharach Wrote That. And You Can Dance to It. 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Both performers dance a great deal; Mr. Wheeldon has created a ballet to Gershwin’s “Second Rhapsody” at the end of Act I, as well as retaining the 16-minute “American in Paris” ballet toward the end. Christopher Wheeldon Directs ‘An American in Paris’ for Broadway 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Porgy’s gentleness and sympathy, beautifully rendered by Mr. Greene, draw Bess to him for Gershwin’s soaring love duets. Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Gordon Willis’s wide-screen compositions, strains of George Gershwin and some of Woody Allen’s funniest one-liners return to Film Forum for another revival of this 1979 film by Mr. Allen, one of his greatest achievements. Film Series in NYC This Week 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Most involve George Gershwin: Levant’s friend, benefactor and bête noire, dead 20 years yet still a kind of Oedipal rival. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Those words are appended to her six-line abbreviation of the album’s title song, the Gershwin standard reimagined as a prayer for divine assistance from “a little lamb who’s lost in the woods.” New Music From Miranda Lambert and Susan Boyle ? Reviews 2011-10-31T22:17:23Z Mr. Allen later said that “Manhattan” had been inspired by the music, and particularly by a recording of Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic in Gershwin overtures. The Philharmonic Accompanies ‘Manhattan,’ Just as It Did in 1979 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “None of us wanted to do a ‘Porgy and Bess’ where the audience would sit back comfortably and just, ahhhhhhh, soak in the big gems from the Gershwin score,” Ms. McDonald said. Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z It's a shame that the opera isn't performed very often, and the story is not given interpretation, because of an essentially racist demand by the Gershwin estate. ‘Porgy and Bess’ With a White Cast Stirs Controversy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Her revivals of both "Hair" and "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" have not only gone to Broadway but have won Tonys for best revival of a musical. 'Pippin' is back, and surrounded by Broadway buzz 2012-12-21T19:17:12Z Bursting with the energy and ecstasy of Jazz Age America, Gershwin’s “Rhapsody” gave the American spirit a pulse. ‘American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building’ 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z The Met’s new production, directed by James Robinson, sheds light both on how the company sees its mission, and on how Gershwin’s heartfelt 1935 opera, which has divided opinion for decades, comes across today. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Now we're gearing up for the 50th anniversary, and Brian Wilson, who has been working on some unfinished Gershwin music project, will rejoin us. Original Beach Boys members may reunite 2010-06-21T09:27:00Z Mr. Bennett, who collaborated with George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Jerome Kern, became a mentor to Mr. Brohn in the mid-1960s. William Brohn, Who Made Broadway Orchestras Sing, Dies at 84 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z But in the pit, the conductor David Robertson made an argument for the triumphs of Gershwin’s score, with stylistic shifts fluid and distinctly articulated. Review: ‘Porgy and Bess’ Returns to a New Opera Landscape 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z George Gershwin and the clarinettist Benny Goodman studied under him. Mecca for modern music 2012-05-29T13:02:04Z Named in honor of brothers Ira and George Gershwin, the award is given to a composer or performer whose lifetime work exemplifies the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins. Paul McCartney, pals serenade Obamas at White House 2010-07-28T01:08:00Z On Nov. 18 he will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for lifetime contributions to popular music. Willie Nelson keeps on rollin’ 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z After he died, the family donated most of his Gershwin archive to the Library of Congress. Court clears way for sale of Ira Gershwin letters 2012-05-12T17:46:04Z Ending with the Gershwins’ “I Got Rhythm” proved poignant at a time when we are all enduring deprivations. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z That included one ballad with the noble architecture of a Gershwin song and another that seemed to arrive fully formed, with a twinkling motif and a delicate logic of harmonic development. Review: Keith Jarrett at Carnegie Hall, Precise and Aglow 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z He often appeared with pops orchestras, usually performing the music of George Gershwin. Jerry Adler, Harmonica Virtuoso, Dies at 91 2010-03-21T23:58:00Z He added, "Her body of work reflects the spirit of the Gershwin Prize with its originality, longevity and diversity of appeal." ArtsBeat: Carole King to Receive Gershwin Prize 2012-12-13T17:54:00Z And George and Ira Gershwin - or at least their estates - are clear winners, with the revival of "Porgy and Bess" and the musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It" proving Gershwin songs still soar. Tony Awards show not skimping on razzle-dazzle 2012-06-10T15:16:03Z “Maybe Gershwin created not only the chance for African Americans to grace the stage, but also to open the door to ‘Why not allow an African American to direct this opera,’ ” Smith said. Beloved yet problematic: Seattle Opera tackles the cultural controversies behind ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s easy to imagine a series of concerts connecting the music of Ellington and Williams with that of Gershwin and Bernstein — before venturing into the broader catalogs of global orchestral swing. A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Shortly thereafter, returning home late from work, he found that his route unexpectedly took him right past the stage door of the Gershwin Theater, where “Wicked” was playing. Scene 1: City Hall. Scene 2: Rooftop Overlooking City. 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z The rest of the album sustains the same random vibe; Franklin covers standards from Gershwin to Meredith Wilson, with an overdose of McFarland tunes in between. How Aretha Franklin asserted control over her career, paving the way for female musicians 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z But the Hal Prince memory that has stayed with me most indelibly was born in a scalding sequence in “Sweeney Todd,” in what was then called the Uris, now the Gershwin Theatre. Perspective | Thank you, Hal Prince, for giving me some of the most transcendent nights of theater I’ve ever known 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Many of the 41 venues can fit two or three times as many people; for instance, the Gershwin Theatre, the largest playhouse, can hold 1,933 patrons. Well, hello, Broadway. It’s so nice to have you back where you belong. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z “I never knew how good our songs were,” Ira Gershwin famously said, “until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them.” The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z He reminds me a little of Fred Astaire, and it’s probably no coincidence that Fred Astaire originally introduced a lot of these Gershwin songs.” Arts & Leisure: Matthew Broderick in ?Nice Work if You Can Get It? 2012-04-05T15:10:22Z “We are winning new audiences,” he said, noting that this fall’s new productions of the Gershwins’s “Porgy and Bess” and Philip Glass’s “Akhnaten” both sold out. Peter Gelb’s Contract Is Extended at the Metropolitan Opera 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The nominees for the best musical revival award are Cats, City of Angels, Miss Saigon and the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. Musicals lead Olivier nominations 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z But that argument is on shakier ground with “Porgy” than “Turandot”; Gershwin’s work inevitably carries the baggage of American history. Review: ‘Porgy and Bess’ Returns to a New Opera Landscape 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z As with many artists who ranged between pop and classical styles — Bernstein, Gershwin and André Previn among them — Brubeck had trouble maintaining an audience for the full scope of his output. A Dave Brubeck Cantata Boasts Star Soloists: His Sons 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Still, for all its local color and a semi-jazzy, semi-spiky style wavering somewhere between Gershwin and Stravinsky, it proved rather bland in the end. Review: Two U.S. Orchestras Get a Rare Chance at Carnegie 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The star of the show was clearly Murray, who recited the likes of Whitman, Hemingway and Thurber and belted songs by Bernstein and Gershwin. Review | With Bill Murray, crossing a bridge from America past to America present 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Brian Stokes Mitchell shared the Gershwins’ “It Ain’t Necessarily So” with the audience, exchanging phrases and devilish inflections with one or another part of the house. Critic's Notebook: Mayor Bloomberg Leads City Center Re-Opening Gala 2011-10-26T13:54:06Z During Gershwin’s ensemble scenes, the various choristers project their own individualized characters. Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z “Based on his approach and his sketches, I believe Sondheim is the most ‘serious’ composer ever to write for the musical theatre — including Gershwin, Weill, Blitzstein and Bernstein,” Horowitz wrote. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim Whether or not Levant minded it, it’s true that by Gershwin standards he failed; few people today remember him. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z But Wilson was busy with a different reimagining – taking on unfinished songs by George Gershwin. Brian Wilson gives Walt Disney music a Beach Boys twist 2011-08-22T10:15:59Z And then there's the intriguing pairing of Gershwin and Tchaikovsky. Review: Slatkin, Thibaudet take Seattle Symphony audiences on a jazzy jaunt 2011-04-22T17:02:03Z Swinging lightly, she eschewed melodramatic posturing to deliver deep, thoughtful interpretations of standards by Rodgers and Hart, Harry Warren, the Gershwins and others. Mary Cleere Haran, Cabaret Singer With a Big-Band Style, Dies at 58 2011-02-06T03:15:10Z As in his first New Year’s Eve concert with the Philharmonic in 2010, when he played works by Copland, Gershwin and Cole Porter, he assembled a program of crowd-pleasing American classics, composed by New Yorkers. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2012-01-01T20:18:25Z The centerpiece was a medley of Gershwin songs popularized by Fred Astaire. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z Perhaps the most symbolic vote of confidence, Ms. Paulus said, came from a representative of Ira Gershwin’s estate who sent her a recording of “Summertime,” the lullaby that is the best-known song from the score. Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z But once the show started and the audience heard a familiar melody from Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” the auditorium resounded with applause. For This Classical Piano Star, a Detour Is Business as Usual 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Tourism-dependent businesses were likely to incur “billions of dollars” in losses, Lisa-ann Gershwin, a government scientist and director of Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services, told the Financial Times. How to handle the worldwide jellyfish threat (no, don’t treat stings with urine) 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Having displayed his technical bravura in the first two-thirds of the show, Mr. Weinstein retreated with the Gershwin songs into a simpler, more emotionally expressive mode. Music Review: Making Standards Swing, With a Wink for Jack Benny 2011-04-22T22:56:03Z It includes a frivolous Gershwin medley inspired by Woody Allen movies. Joanne Tatham’s ‘Soundtrack New York’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Allen was married for seven years to Liza Minnelli, Ira Gershwin’s goddaughter and an important mentor to Mr. Feinstein, whose memories of these complicated connections brought him to the brink of tears. Review: Michael Feinstein, Strolling Down Broadway and His Own Memory Lane 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z "An American in Paris," recycling the George and Ira Gershwin songbook, was a breathtakingly staged exercise in baby boomer nostalgia. Tony Awards show a new maturity in theater scene 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Sift through tuxedos, gowns, ties and jewelry while enjoying Gershwin tunes, Bach concertos, Joplin rags and more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Weekend Miser: Back in Time on Governors I. and at Lincoln Center 2010-07-15T21:02:00Z The young George Gershwin wanted to be Berlin's musical secretary, which involved writing down and playing back his ideas, and Berlin rejected him because he thought he'd be better off developing his own talent. Hershey Felder gives Irving Berlin one-man-play treatment at Geffen 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Everyone from Irving Berlin to George Gershwin had them, sometimes multiple times in the same show. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Playing six Gershwin selections was another great idea. A Diva, Two Pianists and a Pair of ‘Messiahs’: Classical Music This Week 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z University of Washington music professor and George Gershwin biographer Larry Starr says some key arguments seem settled — for now. Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z On the Fourth of July, the Philharmonic kicks off its annual Star-Spangled Celebration, with works by Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Brian Dix and many others. Opera & Classical Music Listings for June 27-July 3 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In the United States, Weill collaborated with writers like Ira Gershwin, Moss Hart and Langston Hughes on innovative — and occasionally blockbuster — Broadway musicals. Kurt Weill: How Germany Finally Unearthed a National Treasure 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z One show is elegant and nostalgic, powered by eye-popping ballet sequences and romantic Gershwin tunes. Tony Nominations 2015: ‘An American in Paris’ and ‘Fun Home’ Emerge as Favorites 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z An accomplished oboist, Miller played in a number of orchestras early in his career, including one put together in 1934 by George Gershwin. Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99 2010-08-02T18:27:00Z Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and many other black vocalists were recording Gershwin and Kern songs in the 1920s and ’30s. Phil Spector’s Greatest Hit 2013-03-21T09:45:43Z Gershwin spent a summer with Heyward, a Charleston native, living in that area, exploring the music and culture of its black residents. Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Yet the music of Rodgers, Gershwin, Berlin, Porter, Kern and their contemporaries, central to 20th-century American popular culture, is rightly recognised today as an incredible artistic legacy. Rodgers and Hammerstein: the Mozarts of the 20th century 2010-08-11T20:45:00Z An unforgettable tune, hung loosely upon chord changes that originated in a George Gershwin composition but are adapted here and restructured, turned sideways and adorned with a rockslide of rhythmic melody. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The Imperial will now go to “Nice Work if You Can Get It,” a Gershwin songbook show whose producers had been vying with “Funny Girl” for the theater. Producer Explains the Scrapping of ?Funny Girl? 2011-11-04T22:41:46Z She said then that the Gershwin estate wanted to turn the classic work into a musical and “bring it to the audiences of today.” ArtsBeat: From Catfish Row to Times Square: 'Porgy and Bess' Returning to Broadway 2011-06-29T19:24:18Z In the book, Henry dances for exercise in the apartment, with dramatic movements described as "part waltz and part Isadora Duncan" and set to Cole Porter or Gershwin. Interview: Kevin Kline connects to the spirit of 'The Extra Man' 2010-08-05T20:49:00Z Best musical revival went to "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" while "Death of a Salesman" was named best play revival. "Clybourne Park," "Once," win top Tony Awards 2012-06-11T03:16:52Z Arriving in Pyongyang in February 2008, the orchestra played a program of Wagner, Dvorak and Gershwin under the baton of Lorin Maazel; the performance, which the countess attended, was televised around the world. Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z In addition, the company — which owns and operates theaters including the Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and the Neil Simon, will pay a $45,000 civil penalty, he said. ArtsBeat: Nederlander Organization Agrees to Improve Disability Access at Its Theaters 2014-01-29T22:52:14Z Gershwin’s music took Ms. Moore from almost vibrato-less, celestial high stretches to chilling, chesty low phrases, all of which she sang grippingly. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Tovey, a first-rate Gershwin pianist, transformed the Phil into a big band for that composer's "Shall We Dance: Finale and Coda." Bowl concert plays as an elegy to James Horner, and an ode to composers of movie music 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z But he added that the resulting work was “not a Negro opera by Gershwin, but Gershwin’s idea of what a Negro opera should be.” The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z He also played in orchestras under Andre Kostelanetz and Percy Faith and performed in another that accompanied George Gershwin on a concert tour as a pianist. Mitch Miller, Maestro of the Singalong, Dies at 99 2010-08-02T16:28:00Z After an emotional performance of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” on the Steinway, Mr. Herr grabbed a bottle, took a healthy swig and described growing up as a ragtime-crazed teenager in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Character Study: Randolph Herr, 64, Maestro of the Player Piano 2012-09-08T04:03:04Z I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” from “An American in Paris” Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography was the centerpiece of this sensuous Gershwin musical set in postwar Paris. The Top Ten Showstoppers of 2015 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z A version of this review appears in print on April 26, 2014, on page C4 of the with the headline: Still the Gershwins, But Dig That Pace. Music Review: Michael Feinstein and Company Celebrate Vintage Jazz 2014-04-25T19:11:53Z The performances of everything — excerpts from “Rhapsody in Blue,” arrangements of “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “Embraceable You” and other treasured Gershwin songs — were stylish and colorful. Philharmonic Shines in Live Unison With Films as It Kicks Off 175th Season 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The evening ended euphorically with a version of the Gershwins’ “Who Cares?” in which Ms. Stewart threw off decorum to exclaim, “Life is one long jubilee.” 2010-01-08T04:07:00Z “Porgy” was created, after all, by white people: the author and lyricist DuBose Heyward and his wife, the playwright Dorothy Heyward; and George and Ira Gershwin. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Gershwin learned a lot about the orchestra and form from his French composer, 23 years his senior. Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Gershwin even composed his own spirituals rather than quoting existing ones: a more respectful choice, and more original. Critic?s Notebook: Did ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Meets Its Goal? 2012-01-14T00:31:27Z Its music was written by George Gershwin, who had been the lover of Kay Swift, Ms. Weber’s maternal grandmother, who may have inspired the show’s title character. Books of The Times: When Granny Met Gershwin, and Other Gossip 2011-07-25T18:39:38Z "As soon as he became big enough to record the biggest songs, he started recording the American songbook Rogers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, the Gershwins and Irving Berlin." Ray Charles' copyrights a lucrative business 2010-05-31T05:19:00Z Essaying “The Man I Love,” the Gershwin tune, they create a slow, breathing pulse; they start in a similar mode on “Free 3,” the spontaneous invention that closes the album. Critic’s Notebook: Jeff Ballard and Other Jazz Drummers Step Out Front 2014-02-05T23:02:56Z “An American in Paris” used songs by George and Ira Gershwin; “American Rhapsody” used George Gershwin’s orchestral classic “Rhapsody in Blue.” New York City Ballet Opens a Spring Gala, and Some Umbrellas 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The Met’s season opens with a gala performance of this Gershwin classic, in a new and reportedly strong production by James Robinson. 6 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z On his own or with his trio, Mr. Sharon recorded dozens of albums, among them “Around the World in Jazz,” “The Magic of Jerome Kern” and “The Magic of George Gershwin.” Ralph Sharon, Jazz Pianist Who Accompanied Tony Bennett, Dies at 91 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Tuesday night’s gala, the 13th in Disney Hall and the eighth for Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, was called “Gershwin and the Jazz Age.” The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z She sang on the radio and early TV with George Gershwin, Risë Stevens and Paul Whiteman, until she and my father moved back to Portland, Me., to give birth to me. Linda Lavin: The First Time I Sang in New York. (It Was a Bar Mitzvah) 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z In January, it staged “Porgy and Bess” with white singers — over the objections of the Gershwin brothers’ estates, which ask that the work be performed with black casts. Hungary Turned Far Right. That’s Meant Millions for Its Opera. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Next door at the Gershwin Theater, where “Wicked” has been running since 2003, there is still a green glow. Showtime, Suspended 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Its brilliant pastiche songs gloss Lehar, Berlin, Gershwin, Weill and more to encapsulate the history of Broadway while deconstructing its cute boy-meets-girl conventions. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z Alabama played a Gershwin piano medley, Florida sang “Over the Rainbow,” and Mississippi’s song was straight from Tin Pan Alley. The competition for Miss America 1984 was business as usual — until everyone got a look at Vanessa Williams 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z This encounter and Ms. Weber’s response to it capture the essence of her highly appealing, if rather imbalanced, memoir: “The Memory of All That: George Gershwin, Kay Swift, and My Family’s Legacies of Infidelities.” Books of The Times: When Granny Met Gershwin, and Other Gossip 2011-07-25T18:39:38Z One centered on Gershwin’s titular opera characters; the other, two high-school students in the audience. Opening Their Eyes to Art and Each Other 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z |
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