American Concert

Title: American Concert
Location: The Broadway Presbyterian Church
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2008-05-18

Sunday, May 18, 2008, 2:00 pm
The Broadway Presbyterian Church, NY

Featuring

Michael F. Tietz, music director and principal conductor
Michael Mizrahi, piano
Jeff Spurgeon, narrator
Renée Oakford, flute

Program

Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin Suite
Arranged by Alan Shulman

Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait
for Narrator and Orchestra
Composed in 1942

Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Poem for Flute and Orchestra

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Arranged by Paul Whiteman
Composed in 1924

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Who’s Who

Michael F. Tietz, Conductor

Michael Mizrahi, Piano

Jeff Spurgeon, Narrator

Renée Oakford, Flute

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