George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue, Maja Babyszka - piano

3rd Polish Nationwide Music Schools' Symphonic Orchestras Competition
Maja Babyszka - piano
Henryk Wierzchoń - conductor,
Arthur Rubinstein School of Music Symphony Orchestra in Bydgoszcz, Poland
recorded at Pomeranian Philharmonic Concert Hall in Bydgoszcz, June 21, 2015
#HenrykWierzchon #RhapsodyInBlue #FilharmoniaPomorska
0:00 Intro
0:31 Rhapsody in Blue / Clarinet
10:07 Cadenza
#RhapsodyinBlue #Gershwin

[blessedsuccess]

2024 and another year of enjoying this awesome rendition of Rhapsody in Blue!!! George Gershwin would be so proud of this orchestra!!

[Biffo]

That 1st Clarinet is Nicely played young lady.

[charmoka]

That might be the best clarinet opening I've ever heard for this piece.

[tommymitchell]

That clarinet player, is really feeling this part. She comes in very strong. And has a great understanding of this Very talented !

[ernokerekes]

15 years old pianist? I can't believe! Her zeal, her precision, her playfulness, her sense of the jazz... Fantastic!

[dnhook]

Wow. The pianist brought so much to this performance. And the clarinetist....JUST WOW!

[AnInterestedObserver]

Rhapsody in Blue is America, the industry, the growth, the power, the ups and downs, the magic of the promised land. Wonderful, and superbly rendered here.

[jpaparozzi]

I know Gershwin’s music better than I know any other composer’s music. He would have LOVED what she did in the middle with that cadenza! He loved it when Oscar Levant interpreted him, and he would love what Maja did. This is my favorite piece of my life, since I first heard it 61 years ago. I am now 66, and I’m smiling because Gershwin would have loved this performance beginning with that incredible clarinet. George Whiteman would have hired her on the spot to play it for the premiere in Aeolian Hall in 1924. I love Poland and its people, having been there four times in five years, and I would go back just to hear this orchestra and Maja play anything!

[BobJones-crpl]

I genuinely believe there are NO finer or more deserving stewards of western culture than the people of Poland. This is, in every respect, a MAGNIFICENT BRAVO. POLSKA NA ZAWSZE

[ivandahl]

I'm 65 years old, my childhood/youth was Beatles and Rolling Stones.. This is amasing.. relaxing and joyfull.. I love you all, listeners and musissions... Love from Denmark

[Dan-uz]

Clarinet is perfect, piano is perfect, director is perfect, all of them, in linking the romantic period to eternity, unreal

[philipgrier]

Well I am 73 and have heard many expositions o this music, but I think this just might be the best. Bravo!

[BobJones-crpl]

The degree of understanding and quality of musical interpretation that comes from Poland is absolutely ASTONISHING. These are virtually CHILDREN performing this piece. OUTSTANDING talents ALL.

[btuesday]

Very few pianists have the heart and soul required for this piece. She has it

[unlvqasl]

I played the clarinet and I was pretty good. This clarinet player is absolutely spectacular. In her own way, probably as good as the pianist. Hard to believe that she and the orchestra did not get a standing ovation.

[MarkellosVicente]

...the girl who plays the piano, got me crazy... ...so talented she is!!!
...my warmest regards to this magnificent orchestra, from Santiago de Chile, Downtown!!
💕💕💕🎶🎵🎶🎹🎶🎵🎶💕💕💕

[carolclark]

The clarinetist! She simply sailed through one of the most difficult pieces. Brava!

[mailmanjim]

The coolest clarinet intro to any song ever and she's a master! Outstanding piano. Great work on the background instruments.

[Antoni]

Jakie to ZACHWYCAJĄCE! Młodzieńcza Piękność i Świeżość - Maja Babyszka grająca na światowym poziomie wykonawczym! Młoda orkiestra, ze znakomitą, pełną wdzięku klarnecistką, mistrzowsko, dowcipnie wykonującą swą krótką partię solową. Bydgoszcz. TYLE ZACHWYTÓW - całkowicie ZASŁUŻONYCH, w różnych językach! A po polsku?
Tak! Życzę tym wszystkim, młodym muzykom wszelkiej pomyślności zawodowej i osobistej! I dalszego rozwoju i SZCZĘŚCIA! Do zobaczenia na salach koncertowych świata - to dla Was WSZYSTKICH! A SZCZEGÓLNIE dla olśniewającej Maji! Gratulacje dla dyrygenta, który potrafił TAK zestoić i w ten sposób, wykorzystać zdolności wykonawcze WSZYSTKICH! DZIĘKUJĘ za nieprzemijające wrażenia! Pozostajecie WSZYSCY w moim sercu!

[albafaireness]

That has *got* to be the smooth and silkiest _Rhapsody_ clarinet intro I've ever heard! Entire performance is phenomenal! 👏👏👏