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Portland Symphony Orchestra

roaring 20s:
rhapsody in blue

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Norman Huynh, guest conductor
Ray Ushikubo, piano

PROGRAM
GEORGES BIZET | The Toreadors from Carmen
JULIUS FUČIK | Entrance of the Gladiators
RICHARD WAGNER | The Ride of the Valkyries
CRAIG ARMSTRONG | Dream Violin from The Great Gatsby
AARON COPLAND | Hoe-Down from Rodeo
SAMUEL BARBER | Adagio for strings
GIOACHINO ROSSINI | Overture to “William Tell” (Start at 3/8 Andante)
W.C. Handy, ARR. JEFF TYZIK | St. Louis Blues
DUKE ELLINGTON, ARR. MORTON GOULD | Sophisticated Lady
GEORGE GERSHWIN, ORCH. FERDE GROFÉ | Rhapsody in Blue

Journey back in time to experience the decadence of the roaring 20s and the Jazz Age as we celebrate 100 years of Rhapsody in Blue and the PSO. Former Assistant Conductor of the PSO, Norman Huynh, returns to conduct this tribute to the decade of flappers and jazz, paying homage to the decade that saw the orchestra’s founding. 

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