WESTERN PIEDMONT SYMPHONY: RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Celebrating the centennial of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, pianist Jeffrey Biegel and
composer Peter Boyer launched the Rhapsody National Initiative with Rhapsody in Red,
White, & Blue, a vibrant new work reflecting the American landscape, with the pulse,
energy, and beauty of our shared identity as Americans. Western Piedmont Symphony is
the only orchestra in North Carolina represented in this national symphonic project. Also
on the program is the celebrated masterpiece Rhapsody in Blue, the lyrical and vivid
Symphony No. 1 by living composer Adolphus Hailstork, and the mesmerizing Bolero by
Ravel.

$20 – $50