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| Title: | Gershwin! | | Date: | 5/9/2025 - 5/11/2025 | | Address: | Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State Street, Madison, WI 53703 | | Location: | Madison, WI | | Hours: | Friday & Saturday: 7:30pm, Sunday: 2:30pm | | Cost/Cover: | $15 - $104 | | Web Page: | https://madisonsymphony.org/event/gershwin/ | | Contact Info: | 608.258.4141 |
| Details: | Our 99th season finale opens with Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, pulsing with Caribbean rhythms from dance music he fell in love with on a vacation to Havana. Beloved pianist Philippe Bianconi returns for his seventh appearance performing Gershwin’s masterpiece Concerto in F. Our maestro John DeMain has conducted more than 400 performances of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess throughout the world. He led a history-making production with the Houston Grand Opera, winning a Grammy Award, Tony Award, and France’s Grand Prix de Disque for the RCA recording. He brings Michelle Johnson, Eric Greene, and our Madison Symphony Chorus together to share his passion for this iconic work to close the season!
John DeMain, Conductor / Philippe Bianconi, Piano
Michelle Johnson, Soprano / Eric Greene, Baritone
Madison Symphony Chorus,?Beverly Taylor, Director
George Gershwin, Cuban Overture
George Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F Major
George Gershwin/Robert Russell Bennett, Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs
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| Audience: | All Welcome | | Category: | Concert | | Submitted by: | contributed |
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