Nashville Symphony: Dawson, Price, & Gershwin's America

• Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
• Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still)
George Gershwin — Piano Concerto in F
William L. Dawson — Negro Folk Symphony
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue

Gershwin’s orchestral music defined the American sound, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins us for our centennial celebration of Rhapsody in Blue plus his Piano Concerto in F. Gershwin is complemented by Florence Price and William Dawson, whose compositions stemmed from the Black American Experience. At its 1934 Carnegie Hall premiere, Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony, based on spirituals and emphatically symphonic, brought audiences to their feet. And Price's Dances in the Canebrakes is drawn from Black folk songs and dances of the 1920s and '30s.

Runs Apr. 12-14.

Please note that this event has a nine-ticket limit per household. For groups of ten or more, please submit our group inquiry form and we’ll contact you for assistance.

About Nashville Symphony

https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/

About Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

http://www.jeanyvesthibaudet.com/

About Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Giancarlo Guerrero is a six-time Grammy Award-winning conductor and Music Director of the Nashville Symphony. Guerrero has been praised for his "charismatic conducting and attention to detail" (Seattle Times) in "viscerally powerful performances" (Boston Globe) that are "at once vigorous, passionate, and nuanced" (BachTrack).

https://www.giancarlo-guerrero.com/