The Roaring Twenties with Gershwin & Gatsby 2024-2025
The OSM, Rafael Payare, pianist Marc-André Hamelin, and special guests, invite you to revisit the Roaring Twenties in America with this thrilling event!
Join the OSM, Rafael Payare, pianist Marc-André Hamelin, and special guests, for a vibrant journey into 1920s America! From Antheil’s symphonic jazz to Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue, as well as the foxtrot and nostalgic evocations of the Great Gatsby’s eventful life, this colorful evening will immerse you in the Roaring Twenties.
Artists
Rafael Payare, conductor
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Ranee Lee, vocals
André Moisan, clarinet
The Lost Fingers
Mathieu Roy, Light Designer
Bethzaïda Thomas, Stage Manager
Programme
Edward Elzear “Zez” Confrey, Kitten on the Keys (4 min)
George Antheil, A Jazz Symphony (12 min)
Kurt Weill, Mack the Knife (3 min)
John Harbison, Remembering Gatsby (6 min)
Byron Mikaloff (arr.), Misbehavin’ to the Rhythm in Nagasaki: A Gypsy Jazz Medley in the Style of Django Reinhardt (5 min)
- Cole Porter, Let’s Misbehave
- Harry Warren and Mort Dixon, Nagasaki
- George Gershwin, I’ve Got Rhythm
David Schiff, Stomp (7 min)
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (16 min)
Without intermission
Rafael Payare
Music DirectorRafael Payare’s prodigious musicianship, technical brilliance and charismatic presence on the podium have made him one of the world’s most sought-after conductors. A graduate of the celebrated El Sistema music education program in Venezuela, Mr. Payare began his formal conducting studies in 2004 with José Antonio Abreu. Since winning the prestigious Malko International Competition for Young Conductors in Denmark in 2012, Maestro Payare’s career has advanced rapidly. Since 2015, he has served as Principal Conductor of the Castleton Festival, founded by his mentor the late Lorin Maazel. He was Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Ulster Orchestra from 2014 to 2019 and in 2019, took up the position of Music Director of the San Diego Symphony. In recent years, Rafael Payare has conducted many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including those of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Zurich, Berlin, Vienna, London, Munich, Chicago and Paris. He has also made important opera debuts at the Glyndebourne Festival, Stockholm’s Royal Swedish Opera, the Royal Danish Opera, and most recently at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In the 2022-2023 season, Payare became the ninth Music Director in the history of the OSM.
To consult:
rafaelpayare.com
Long biography
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