NSO: Joshua Weilerstein conducts Bernstein & Dawson | John Kimura Parker plays Gershwin

• Jon Kimura Parker, piano
• Joshua Weilerstein, conductor

In November of 1934, 35-year-old African American composer William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony brought a Carnegie Hall audience to its feet. Now, the NSO brings you the stirring symphony one New York critic called "the most distinctive and promising American symphonic proclamation which has so far been achieved."

Joshua Weilerstein completes the program with quintessential music by two champions of the Great American Songbook: Leonard Bernstein's ever-popular Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and George Gershwin's jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue featuring pianist John Kimura Parker.

Runs May 29-31.

About National Symphony Orchestra

https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/

About Jon Kimura Parker, piano

http://www.jonkimuraparker.com/

About Joshua Weilerstein, conductor

https://joshuaweilerstein.com/