Gershwin An American in Paris

Making his Festival debut, Kedrick Armstrong conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in Gershwin’s jaunty An American In Paris. Experience the propulsive energy of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1 and Duke Ellington’s The Three Black Kings alongside Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lyrical Violin Concerto with soloist Gabriela Lara, an alumna of the Festival’s String Fellowship program.

Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Kedrick Armstrong, Conductor
Gabriele Lara, Violin

Program
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson                                  Sinfonietta No. 1
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor                                      Violin Concerto
Duke Ellington/arr. Luther Henderson                  The Three Black Kings
George Gershwin/rev. Frank Campbell-Watson  An American in Paris