American Kaleidoscope

sept 24, 2022 at 7:30 PM

Kevin Cole, piano

George Gershwin | Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture & Rhapsody in Blue

Jennifer Higdon | Cold Mountain Suite (Montana premiere)

Leonard Bernstein | On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

Hailed “the best Gershwin pianist in America today” (Chicago Tribune), Kevin Cole is at the keys for the iconic Rhapsody in Blue. The BSO dives into the Great American Songbook to perform music from Porgy and Bess and On the Town. Rounding out this celebration of the American Classical Sound is the Montana premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain Suite.

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