After-Work Concert – Classical Music at Oberhafen | George Gershwin's Legendary 'Rhapsody in Blue'

Name: After-Work Concert – Classical Music at Oberhafen | George Gershwin's Legendary 'Rhapsody in Blue'
Start: 2026-07-22T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-22T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Halle 424

took place · 22 Jul 2026

Halle 424, Hamburg, Germany

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After-Work Concert – Classical Music at Oberhafen | George Gershwin's Legendary 'Rhapsody in Blue' — Halle 424, Hamburg

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About: George Gershwin

Few composers have bridged jazz and the classical concert hall as naturally as Gershwin - his Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and the opera Porgy and Bess are staples of orchestras worldwide, performed more often today than in his own lifetime.

years since Porgy and Bess world premiere (1935), marked by Met Opera 2025-26 run

Broadway musical comedies written with Ira Gershwin

1924

year Rhapsody in Blue premiered, now one of the most-recorded American concert works

What's new

2025-12
The Metropolitan Opera opened a new run of Porgy and Bess on December 2, 2025, marking the opera's 90th anniversary, with 13 performances through January 24, 2026.
2025-12
The Met's 2025-26 Porgy and Bess production featured conductor Kwamé Ryan in his company debut and the Met role debuts of bass-baritone Alfred Walker and soprano Brittany Renee as the title couple.
2025-08
A podcast episode from The Bowery Boys (August 2025) explored the dramatic backstory of Rhapsody in Blue, tracing how Gershwin composed the piece in five weeks after learning of it from a newspaper article.

Tracks

Rhapsody in Bluepremiered 1924, landmark fusion of jazz and symphonic form, one of the most recorded American concert works

An American in Parisorchestral tone poem, 1928, inspired by Gershwin's time in France

Porgy and Bessfolk opera, 1935, includes the aria 'Summertime'; cornerstone of the operatic repertoire

Piano Concerto in F1925, considered by many his finest orchestral work

Embraceable You / I Got RhythmBroadway songs written with Ira Gershwin, standards of the American popular songbook

After-Work Concert – Classical Music at Oberhafen | George Gershwin's Legendary 'Rhapsody in Blue'

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