Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ & Nielsen’s ‘Inextinguishable’
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO, United StatesYou’ll delight in this marvelous springtime program led by guest conductor Thomas Wilkins, principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl orchestra. English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s ballet Hiawatha draws on his musical setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic ode. The music is radiant, rhythmically animated and utterly captivating. Gershwin’s ever-popular Rhapsody in Blue features rising talent Ray Ushikubo. Bridging the worlds…