Gershwin & the Great American Songbook
LIZZIE BALL violin, JAMES PEARSON piano PlayhouseAbout
Priority on sale starts 10am Wednesday 18 September
General on sale from 10am Wednesday 25 September
PIAZZOLLA Escualo (6’)
LAYTON (arr Andrew Cottee) After You've Gone (5’)
GERSHWIN (arr. Pearson) The Man I Love (5’)
KREISLER Praeludium and Allegro (6’)
GERSHWIN (arr. Heifetz) 'Bess, You is my Woman Now' from Porgy and Bess (10’)
GERSHWIN (arr. Pearson) Gershwin Finale Medley (6’)
COPLAND (arr. Pearson) El Salón México (10’)
PONCE (arr. Heifetz) Estrellita (5’)
KREISLER (arr. Rachmaninov) Liebesleid (4’)
Selections from the Great American Songbook (13’)
BERNSTEIN (arr. Pearson) West Side Story Suite (15’)
Programme subject to minor changes
Violinist Lizzie Ball has performed around the world with stars including Nigel Kennedy, Ariana Grande and Hugh Jackman. She returns to her native Sheffield with pianist James Pearson for an afternoon of timeless music for violin and piano. Join them for a journey through the musical and personal encounters of some of the finest composers of the Great American Songbook and beyond. This concert features Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein and more, with arrangements of some of the best known showtunes from musicals, including ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Porgy and Bess’, together with some of the most enduring songs of the early 20th century. It promises to be an uplifting afternoon of memorable tunes interspersed with conversation.
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