Work

George Gershwin Porgy and Bess (concert performance)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Willard White

Andrea Baker

Howard Haskin

Latonia Moore

John Fulton

Lester Lynch

Angel Blue

Rodney Clarke

Michael Redding

Tichina Vaughn

Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Chorus

Albert Horne

Movements

Act I
Scene 1: Catfish Row, a summer evening
Scene 2: Serena's Room, the following night
Act II Scene 1: Catfish Row, a month later, in the morning
Scene 2: Kittiwah Island, that evening
Scene 3: Catfish Row, a week later, just before dawn
Scene 4: Serena's Room, dawn of the next day
Act III Scene 1: Catfish Row, the next night
Scene 2: Catfish Row, the next afternoon
Scene 3: Catfish Row, a week later
Applause

Complete concert

Concert

Simon Rattle conducts “Porgy and Bess”

Period

Period Modernism

Artists

Sir Simon RattleChief conductor 2002–2018

George GershwinComposer

Sir Willard Whitebass

Latonia Mooresoprano

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