Rhapsody in Blue and the Firebird Suite*

A Co-Production with the Savannah Music Festival

Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Shannon, Artistic Director & Conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio

Alexander Borodin Polovtsian Dances

Marcus Roberts Rhapsody in D
Marcus Roberts Trio

George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Marcus Roberts Trio

Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919)

In this highly anticipated collaboration, the Savannah Philharmonic and Savannah Music Festival (SMF) present quintessentially American jazz-inflected orchestral works composed by George Gershwin and SMF Associate Artistic Director and pianist Marcus Roberts. The evening’s program is bookended with exhilarating compositions by Alexander Borodin and Igor Stravinsky, each drawing heavily from Russian folkloric traditions and written for opera and ballet, respectively.

Presented by
Karen & Don Ringsby