Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/20/2017
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Location
Davies Symphony Hall

Category(ies)

• Music
• Musical
• Blues
• Classical
• Jazz
• Orchestra
• Standards
• Symphonic
• Vocal

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• Edwin Outwater — conductor
• Rhiannon Giddens — vocalist
• San Francisco Symphony

Experience the exuberance, joy, and brilliance of great American music. Hear a musical portrait of a bustling city in Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Then, listen for syncopated Latin rhythms telling the story of the impossible romance of two star-crossed lovers in Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. The program closes with roots musician Rhiannon Giddens exploring musical narratives of the American south, drawing inspiration from Odetta to Nina Simone, with the San Francisco Symphony.

Concert Program

• George Gershwin: An American in Paris
• George Gershwin: “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess
• Kurt Weill & Langston Hughes: ”Lonely House” from Street Scene
• Louis Gottlieb (arranged by Witcher): Round About the Mountain
• Will Marion Cook (arranged Grad): Broadway selections by Will Marion Cook
• Various (arranged Witcher): Selections with Rhiannon Giddens and the SF Symphony
• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story