Birth of Rhapsody in Blue/ Various - Birth of Rhapsody in BlueThe selections Whiteman included in the 1924 Aeolian Hall Concert, which had that curious title 'An Experiment in Modern Music,' were divided into various sections, such as 'The True Form of Jazz' and 'Recent Compositions with Modern Score.' The intention was that together they would be audible proof that jazz inspired music had come of age. These performances of Gershwin classics and hard to find rarities capture the 1920's and 30's jazz age style

sharing such special times with the descendants of Navarra

on keyboards

with it's funeral march character

the Irish attempted many times to gain their freedom

headlines a program of lyrical and engaging chamber and solo works by noteworthy Windy City composers of the past and present

thus extending the guiding thread of a yearning for exotic horizons in another direction

Begun in 1962 by Agnes "Sis" Cunningham and her husband Gordon Friesen

Johan Farjot's music prolongs the inner resonances of David Tepfer's beautiful poems

Es war einmal received it's first performance under Mahler on the 22 January 1900

THE HOWL OF THE DEVIL was

Spanish version

two of which are in a way "new" - compositions only a few years ago considered to be missing - arranged for the EXTEMPORE ensemble