FREE CONCERT | JULY 27 | 6PM | RAIN OR SHINE
EMILY WARREN ROEBLING PLAZA UNDER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
featuring Lara Downes, Time for Three, Christian McBride, Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal,
Arturo O’Farrill, Orchestra Elena & Aram Demirjian
St. Ann’s Warehouse, WNYC, and Brooklyn Bridge Park present Rhapsody for This Land: The American Odyssey in Music, a free, outdoor concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s exuberant American anthem Rhapsody in Blue. Situated beneath the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, the concert features classical pianist and host of NPR’s AMPLIFY Lara Downes, performing the New York City premiere of her take on Gershwin’s innovative 1924 work in a radical new arrangement by the Puerto Rican composer Edmar Colón. Considering American music through a century of immigration and transformation, Rhapsody for This Land celebrates our country’s long history of hope, protest, and change.
WNYC will broadcast the concert live as part of its own Centennial celebration. Listen live on 93.9 FM, AM 820, and www.wnyc.org.
Headcount, a non-partisan organization that channels the power of music to promote participation in democracy, will register voters at the concert.
Full details and RSVP at this link.
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