The North Carolina Symphony In The Jazz Age

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[[ This page created for the 2013 concert broadcasts. For the 2014 schedule and more, go here ]]00000177-6edd-df44-a377-6fff43930000A 瓜神app Summer tradition continues with the North Carolina Symphony. Monday nights during August you'll hear special broadcasts from the North Carolina Symphony on the radio and via our live streams. The programs air at 1o p.m. David HartmanThese concerts, presented by veteran broadcaster and former "Good Morning America" host David Hartman, will be available online here for one week following the broadcasts. More details about the broadcasts (and, other 瓜神app stories about the North Carolina Symphony) follow:

The North Carolina Symphony In The Jazz Age

瓜神app | By Hady Mawajdeh,

Frank Stasio

Published January 6, 2015 at 12:10 PM EST

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Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Sondra Bianca Piano, Warsaw Concerto, Cornish Rhapsody, Dream of Olwen - Addinsell, Hubert Bath, Charles Williams, Musiphon op.153

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Signed George Gershwin photo.

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Guest Conductor Edwin Outwater (headshot).

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The will play a familiar tune in its upcoming shows:

Released during the roaring 1920's when jazz was all the rage, 鈥淩hapsody in Blue" merged jazz with classical music. The symphony performs the iconic tune with guest conductor , pianist and on clarinet.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Outwater, music director at , about importance of "Rhapsody in Blue鈥� and its history.

The most well known version of "Rhapsody in Blue" is probably the one heard at the beginning of Woody Allen's Manhattan. That version is available below:

Composer and clarinet player Derek Bermel's full composition can be listed to below.

Edwin Outwater will be speaking about George Gershwin tonight at .

Outwater will be guest conducting the North Carolina Symphony this week and more information can be found .

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Hady Mawajdeh

Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.

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