4 Dec 2024 // // 6:30 PM
The moving story of the life and music of composer George Gershwin brought to life in this mixed-genre production featuring narration, live music and visual projections.
Classic Gershwin weaves the vibrant music of the ever-popular composer with his fascinating life story from birth in the colourful, teeming New York of 1898 to his tragically early death in 1937.
With prize-winning pianist and renowned Gershwin interpreter Viv McLean and RSC, National Theatre and TV actress Susan Porrett as narrator, this concert presents an intriguing, eclectic mix of Gershwin’s music from the much-loved Rhapsody in Blue, I got Rhythm Variations, and The Man I Love to the rarely-played Three Preludes.