On this edition of the program, under the direction of distinguished conductor Richard Rosenberg, the Union County, North Carolina Symphony Orchestra presents a jazz-flavored program from October of 2013 from the Batte [BAT] Center at Wingate University. The concert opens with a suite from Kurt Weill’s musical collaboration with Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera, and closes with Ferde Grofé’s evocative suite inspired by the Grand Canyon. In between, Charlotte-based ragtime pianist Ethan Uslan [YOOS – luhn] plays an arrangement of music by stride pianist James P. Johnson, as well as George Gershwin’s famous breakthrough piece, Rhapsody in Blue.
Listen to the entire program: Jazz in Stride
Billboard and introduction to Weill's A Little Threepenny Music - Lauren Rico
Kurt Weill: A Little Threepenny Music
Union Symphony Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, conductor
Introduction to Johnson's Yamekraw - Lauren Rico
James Price Johnson: Yamekraw
Union Symphony Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg; conductor; Ethan Uslan, piano
Introduction to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue - Lauren Rico
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Union Symphony Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, conductor; Ethan Uslan, piano
Introduction to Grofe's Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon - Lauren Rico
Ferde Grofe: Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon
Union Symphony Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, conductor
Introduction to Martin's Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes - Lauren Rico
Frank Martin: Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes
Union Symphony Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, conductor
Paul Gillies, piano
Jacqui Carrasco, violin
Evan Richey, cello
End of show - Lauren Rico and Mike McKay
