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Thurs 9/2: Gershwin Bonds and Still
A Star Lineup comes together for a night of American song from Broadway and beyond, with music by Ulysses Kay, William Grant Still, Margaret BOnds and George Gershwin.

 
Program
KAYOverture to Theater Set
GERSHWINVariations on “I Got Rhythm”
BONDS & GERSHWINSelected songs
Intermission
STILL“Singing River” from Wood Notes
GERSHWIN (arr. Bennett)Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano
Julia Bullock, soprano
About this Performance
Star soprano Julia Bullock performs a selection of songs by George Gershwin and Margaret Bonds, one of the first Black composers to gain recognition in the U.S., known for her arrangements of spirituals and her collaborations with Langston Hughes. Virtuoso jazz and classical pianist Aaron Diehl performs Gershwin’s intricate “I Got Rhythm” Variations with Thomas Wilkins conducting.