The Roaring Twenties with Gershwin & Gatsby2024-2025
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
The Lost Fingers
Mathieu Roy, Light Designer
Bethzaïda Thomas, Stage Manager
Works
Edward Elzear “Zez” Confrey, Kitten on the Keys (4 min)
George Antheil, A Jazz Symphony (8 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 and Artistic Director of the OSMWith his innate musicianship, gift for communication, and irresistibly joyous spirit, conductor Rafael Payare is Music and Artistic Director of both Canada’s Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) and California’s San Diego Symphony (SDSO), as well as Principal Conductor of Virginia’s Castleton Festival and Conductor Laureate of Northern Ireland’s Ulster Orchestra. Payare is celebrated for his expertise in late Romantic repertoire while also cultivating the next generation of composers with regular commissions and performances of new works. A veteran of Venezuela’s El Sistema program – in which he began playing horn at the age of 14 – and 2012 first prize winner at Denmark’s Malko Competition for Young Conductors, Payare remains dedicated to inspiring younger musicians, regularly working with youth orchestras and establishing mentorship programs like El Sistema OSM and the SDSO Conducting Fellowship. Payare resides in San Diego and Montreal with his wife, acclaimed cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and their two young children.
Together, let's shape our musical future!
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