Ken-David Masur, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano
BACEWICZ Overture
ELLINGTON “New World A-Comin’”
GERSHWIN Second Rhapsody
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Pianist extraordinaire Aaron Diehl joins the BSO for Ellington’s intoxicating “New World A-Comin’” and Gershwin’s Second Rhapsody, an animated and jaunty follow-up to Rhapsody in Blue. Guest conductor Ken-David Masur leads the orchestra in Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz’s Overture, featuring exhilarating passages from the strings and horns, and closes the program with Brahms' sunny and uplifting Second Symphony.
This event is not presented by Strathmore.