MUSE/IQUE - American/Rhapsody

AMERICAN/RHAPSODY melds together a dizzying array of genres – classical, ballet, jazz, and more!  George Gershwin created a sound just as big and alive as America itself. On August 20^th the evening shifts its focus onto music by those Gershwin himself was influenced by and, in turn, those he influenced. Pianist HyeJin Kim joins Rachael Worby and her orchestra in a performance of "Rhapsody in Blue" while dancers from BODYTRAFFIC dance to the orchestrated versions of Gershwin's "Three Preludes" and Kurt Weil's (arrangement by the Oscar Peterson Trio + 1) classic "Mack the Knife." Whether it is jazz or classical, we can hear the exchange of big ideas between these giants of modern music.