George Gershwin brought jazz to the concert hall with his seminal Rhapsody in Blue. With Teddy Abrams at the piano and on the podium, the Louisville Orchestra explores the influence of jazz in classical music.

GABRIEL EVENS: Run for It [World Premiere of an LO Commission]
TYSHAWN SOREY: For Bill Dixon and A. Spencer Barefield [World Premiere of an LO Commission]
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS: Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind
TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor and piano
MEASHA BREUGGERGOSMAN, soprano
ANSYN BANKS, trumpet
CRAIG WAGNER, electric guitar
UofL Student Jazz Ensemble: Blase Groody, tenor saxophone • Isaac Stephens, trumpet • Chad O’Brien, trombone • Jailynn Lake, bass • Pedro Augusto, drumset
Emily Black, vocalist
Sarah Tubbesing, vocalist