Scheherazade and Gershwin

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Venue New World Center
500 17th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139 GET DIRECTIONS

Phone Number 305.673.3330

As a conductor, trailblazer and educator, Marin Alsop is a formidable force in classical music. She makes her anticipated return to NWS with an evocative program featuring famed jazz pianist Aaron Diehl. Experience the American premiere of a new edition of George Gershwin’s Concerto in F—a perfect fusion of classical, popular and jazz styles. Arabian Nights’ famed storyteller Scheherazade spins fables to survive. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov pays homage to the princess in this intoxicating symphonic epic, featuring a treasure trove of imaginative scenes, like Sinbad on the high seas. Anna Clyne’s Masquerade embodies the celebratory spirit of 18th-century garden concerts.