George Gershwin – Past Concerts
UW Symphony: Gershwin & Prokofiev with Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Friday, December 8, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Ladies Musical Club: Operetta & musical theater music for soprano
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Bernstein, Britten, Copland, Kálmán, Grothe, and more.
Free (Free)
Olympic Music Festival: Musicians from GardenMusic
Sunday, August 27, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Defy expectations as classical music mixes with jazz, Latin, bluegrass, and other styles. Featuring Gershwin’s jazz-inspired masterpiece, An American in Paris.
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)
Olympic Music Festival: Musicians from GardenMusic
Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Defy expectations as classical music mixes with jazz, Latin, bluegrass, and other styles. Featuring Gershwin’s jazz-inspired masterpiece, An American in Paris.
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)
Marrowstone Festival Orchestras: Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Rachmaninoff
Sunday, August 6, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Gershwin – Cuban Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
$30-$39
Sunsets at Mary Olson Farm: American Gems
Thursday, August 3, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Mary Olson Farm, Auburn, WA, United States
A quartet concert for all ages filled with standards from American classical pop culture, including works by Philip Glass, Gershwin, ragtime, and more.
$20 ($10 students)
UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, & Alumni Bands: Home
Thursday, May 25, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Hodge – Trumpet concerto
Hodge – Trumpet concerto
$10
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: It Might As Well Be Spring
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First United Methodist Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.
$20/$15/$10/$5
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: It Might As Well Be Spring
Saturday, May 20, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.
$20/$15/$10/$5
West Seattle Community Orchestras: Intermediate Orchestra & Wind Symphony
Friday, May 19, 2017 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
West Seattle Community Orchestras' Intermediate Orchestra & Wind Symphony present a concert featuring works by Gershwin, Maslanka, Holst, and more.
Free (Free)
Port Townsend Orchestra: Rossini, Brahms, Sibelius & more
Sunday, April 30, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Rossini – Barber of Seville Overture
Brahms – Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt.
Dittersdorf – Tournament of Temperaments
Sibelius – Finlandia
Gershwin – Selections from Porgy & Bess
Brahms – Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt.
Dittersdorf – Tournament of Temperaments
Sibelius – Finlandia
Gershwin – Selections from Porgy & Bess
Free (Free)
Dinu Lipatti 100th Anniversary Concert
Thursday, April 27, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Beethoven, Bach, Bartok, and Gershwin, as well as the Seattle premiere of Dinu Lipatti’s rarely performed Sonatina for Violin and Piano.
$35.50/$25.50
Violinist Grace Youn in Recital
Monday, March 27, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
University of Puget Sound graduate Grace Youn ('13) presents a violin recital with works by Tartini, Grieg, Stravinsky, and Gershwin.
Free
Whatcom Symphony Orchestra: All-American Celebration
Sunday, March 26, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
Bernstein – Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
Bernstein – Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
$15-$39
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra: Berlioz’s 'Symphonie Fantastique'
Sunday, March 12, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Benjamin Ash – Collide-o-Scope (world premiere)
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
$17-$54
Seattle Symphony Side-by-Side Concert with Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, January 29, 2017 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin – Cuban Overture
Dukas – Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra
Dukas – Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Duets for voice and guitar, plus piano four hands
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA, United States
John Dowland – 4 lute songs
Anonymous – 2 traditional Japanese lullabies (arr. Hilary Field)
Morten Lauridsen – 2 melodies adapted from Les Chansons des Roses
Brahms – Selections from Waltzes, Op. 39
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm (impromptu variations)
Randall Compton – C.S. Theme and Variations
Anonymous – 2 traditional Japanese lullabies (arr. Hilary Field)
Morten Lauridsen – 2 melodies adapted from Les Chansons des Roses
Brahms – Selections from Waltzes, Op. 39
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm (impromptu variations)
Randall Compton – C.S. Theme and Variations
Free
Olympia Symphony Orchestra: Autumnal Reflections
Sunday, November 13, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"
Purcell – "When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas
Mozart – "Laudamus te" from Mass in C minor, K. 427
Gershwin – "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
Moses Hogan – "Give Me Jesus" (arr. Johnie Dean)
Butterworth – A Shropshire Lad
R. Strauss – Symphonic Poem, Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Purcell – "When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas
Mozart – "Laudamus te" from Mass in C minor, K. 427
Gershwin – "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
Moses Hogan – "Give Me Jesus" (arr. Johnie Dean)
Butterworth – A Shropshire Lad
R. Strauss – Symphonic Poem, Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
$12-$55
Ladies Musical Club: American Vocal & Spanish Piano Music
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Blitsztein, Copland, Bolcom, Albéniz, and Gershwin.
Free
Bremerton Symphony: The Great Gershwin
Saturday, October 22, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Don Gillis – Short Overture
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Futterman – World Beat Dance Suite
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Futterman – World Beat Dance Suite
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
$10-$28