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Waldbuhne 2000 - Rhythm & Dance (Gershwin, Ravel, Sousa) / Nagano, Berlin Philharmonic |
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This outdoor concert at the Waldbuehne Berlin from the summer of 2000 by the Berlin Philharmonic is a curious melange of classical pieces, show tunes, pops, and Far Eastern music, all brought together into a tasty musical stew. Starting things off with Leonard Bernstein's overture from Candide, conductor Kent Nagano and the Berliners also show off their versatility with two Ravel pieces ("La Valse" and the second suite from his ballet Daphnis et Chloe). Sisters Mari and Momo Kodama are the piano soloists in Jean Pascal Beintus's delightful "He Got Rhythm: Homage to George Gershwin"; in Zhao Jiping's orchestral suite from Farewell My Concubine, a myriad of percussionists straddle the line between Eastern and Western music. After that, American soprano Susan Graham offers red-hot renditions of various Gershwin classics like "Summertime," "Someone to Watch over Me," and "The Man I Love" before Nagano and the Berliners wrap things up neatly with a sizzling suite from Bernstein's On the Town. --Kevin Filipski
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