Cost: Tickets start at $35 ||Time: 7:30 PM EST
Charleston Gaillard Center presents Colour of Music Festival Charlestonia: Folk Rhapsody
The Colour of Music Festival Orchestra ushers in Black History month in a special events performance highlighting Charleston’s “father of Black contributions” to classical music, Edmund Thornton Jenkins. Never-before-heard compositions include Mr. Jenkins’ South Carolina premiere of his original composition Charlestonia: Folk Rhapsody. The evening will conclude with George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue celebrating the upcoming 100th anniversary of its debut on February 12, 1924!
Leslie B. Dunner, Conductor
Clayton Stephenson, Piano
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)
Symphony No.1 in G Major
I. Allegro Presto (excerpt)
Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)
Rhapsodic Overture
Charlestonia: Folk Rhapsody
(Original Composition – Charleston Premiere)
~Intermission~
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.