🇺🇸George Gershwin ： Variations on I Got Rhythm

Gershwin’s Variations on I Got Rhythm is a concertante work in which piano and orchestra unfold a wide range of expression from a familiar original theme. As the music moves from the presentation of the theme into its variations, syncopation, energetic rhythms, and blues-inflected writing emerge, bringing together the language of jazz and the sense of form associated with classical music. The contrasting character of each variation and the increasing brilliance of the work as a whole are central to its appeal. In performance, a crisp rhythmic profile should be maintained while also giving careful attention to lyrical phrasing and the balance between piano and orchestra, allowing the music’s character to come fully to life.