The work of great Broadway composers—from Gershwin to Sondheim to Rodgers & Hammerstein—has helped to define the American experience. We learn many of their songs when we’re very young; they often become the soundtrack of our lives. Join us as we dive into the Great American Songbook, with piano transcriptions of many of its famous pieces by some of today’s most prolific composers (Stephen Hough, Earl Wild, Fred Hersch, Ricky Ian Gordon, Eric Rockwell) and performed by several of our favorite pianists. Discover the great storytelling that exists within the music itself in this afternoon of songs without words.

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If you would like to attend but do not yet have tickets, you can come to the Modern beginning 30 minutes prior to the concert and check in with the box office, in the case that any tickets are returned.

PROGRAM

Stephen Sondheim            “No One is Alone” from Into the Woods
Arr. Fred Hersch                 Shields-Collins Bray

Stephen Sondheim           “You Could Drive a Person Crazy” from Company
Arr. Eric Rockwell              Nathan Ryland

Stephen Sondheim           “Every Day a Little Death” from A Little Night Music
Arr. Ricky Ian Gordon       Jeff Lankov

Richard Rodgers               “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music
Arr. Stephen Hough          Jonathan Tsay

Richard Rodgers              “The Carousel Waltz” from Carousel
Arr. Stephen Hough          Evan Mitchell

George Gershwin             “Embraceable You” from Girl Crazy
Arr. Earl Wild                   “Fascinating Rhythm” from Lady Be Good
                                            “The Man I Love”
                                             Alex McDonald

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