Nashville Symphony: All That Classical Jazz

Nashville Symphony
Bramwell Tovey, guest conductor
Terrence Wilson, piano

Bramwell Tovey - Urban Runway
Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F
Walton - Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor

No one quite blended classical music and jazz the way George Gershwin did, and his Piano Concerto is an unmatched blend of symphonic form and syncopated swing. This piece shows off his uncanny knack for timing and his distinctively American sense of style, and the sensational pianist Terrence Wilson will bring it all brilliantly… Show more to life. Guest conductor Bramwell Tovey opens the evening with a performance of his own Urban Runway, a witty take on New York and L.A. fashionistas. In a striking contrast, William Walton’s First Symphony is a masterpiece of English orchestral music, overflowing with ambition and sheer human urgency.

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