Tag: George Gershwin

Pasadena Symphony at Ambassador Auditorium

By Dena Burroughs Posted in Arts & Culture On

This Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, Music Director David Lockington and the Pasadena Symphony will continue their Singpoli Classics Series with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.  A powerhouse program from start to finish, the repertoire will open to a great piece of Americana – Copland’s Appalachian Spring, topped off by the Russian folktale – Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. The Pasadena […]

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Be ‘An American in Paris’ with the Pasadena Symphony

By Dena Burroughs Posted in Arts & Culture On

The Pasadena Symphony will close out its Singpoli Classics Series on April 30 with matinee and evening performances of Gershwin’s An American in Paris at the Ambassador Auditorium. This French-themed season finale will pay homage to Gershwin’s iconic Jazz Age composition and will feature the youngest-ever Van Cliburn silver medalist recipient, Joyce Yang. The program for this […]

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