Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt

Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / HR Big Band / Broadway Orchestra: Happy Birthday George Gershwin

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 1999

As one can see, this gala concert honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer George Gershwin showcases not one but three orchestras including the HR Big Band, which takes care of the Jazzier aspects of the program. The R–S–O Frankfurt opens with half a dozen well–known Gershwin songs featuring soprano Mary Anne Kruger and baritone Alan Cemore on vocals before the HR ensemble makes its entrance with a medley of tunes from the folk opera Porgy and Bess. ...