UGA PRESENTS FEATURES THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND GERSHWIN'S 'RHAPSODY IN BLUE'

ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 16 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra brings an evening of American music to Hodgson Concert Hall on Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. as conductor Kristiina Poska and Grammy Award-winning pianist Sullivan Fortner join the orchestra for George Gershwin's"Rhapsody in Blue."

The program pairs two works by Gershwin - the suite"Catfish Row"from"Porgy and Bess"and the iconic"Rhapsody" - with Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable." The concert is part of the UGA Presents series American Panorama: Voices of a Nation at 250.

Gershwin's music occupies a distinctive place in American music, bringing together elements of classical music, jazz and popular song."Rhapsody ...