Compact Discoveries Program 5: The First Gershwin

The 19th Century Creole New Orleans composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk -- not George Gershwin -- was the first American composer to combine Afro-American rhythms with classical European forms. His delightful Creole- and Caribbean-influenced fantasies for piano and orchestra are featured. Performances by pianists Philip Martin and Eugene List, and the Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel.

Full script for the program available here and at www.compactdiscoveries.com.