Gershwin Anyone?

We've been doing a little listening to George Gershwin and these videos just blew us away! Actually, that is putting it mildly. This piece makes me feel great! It is an exciting piece and watching it played like this is awe-inspiring. We were all riveted to the screen as Leonard Bernstein, an incredible musician, plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue like no other! All of the various movements in this piece had my children expressing that they had never heard music like this anywhere else.

If you have children that play a musical instrument, this is a great opportunity for them to pick out their instrument from the orchestra. We keep playing it over and over. Hope you enjoy it as much as we have!

A note about these videos. The first one is a much better quality sound than the performance that has been shown in two parts (background hissing), but the ending is cut off. So I recommend watching this for the overall experience and then jumping to about the half-way mark of the second video to see the climax of the piece which really should not be missed!