Event Schedule

SATIE (arr. DEBUSSY):  Two Gymnopédies 
HANSON:  Symphony No. 2, “Romantic” 
RAVEL:  Piano Concerto in G Major 
GERSHWIN:  An American in Paris 

BENJAMIN HOCHMAN, PIANO

Indulge your senses with an evening of lush music infused with the spirit of France. We open with Satie’s familiar Gymnopédies and the colorful and cinematic “Romantic” Symphony by Howard Hanson. The spirit of American jazz animates Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G featuring Benjamin Hochman, recipient of a 2011 Avery Fisher Career Grant, awarded to talented instrumentalists believed to have great potential for solo careers. Gershwin’s ever-popular An American in Paris evokes the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s.