GERSHWIN AND THE AMERICAN SOUND

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2025 // 7:30PM

Lima Symphony Chorus

David Lai, solo piano

Discover the American sound as the Lima Symphony performs lively and energetic classics set in American landscapes. Journey from the Wild West to the Midwest with Copland’s Billy the Kid Suite and selections from his opera The Tender Land. But what is the American sound without the blues! Concluding the journey is America’s favorite blues-classical fusion: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

Aaron Copland 

Constant Lambert

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

George Gershwin

Billy the Kid Suite

The Rio Grande

“The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land

“Stomp Your Foot” from The Tender Land

Rhapsody in Blue