Between the Wind and the Shrubs Concert
Poquatuck Hall – Fri. July 1, 6pm
1160 Village Ln, Orient, NY 11957

Gil Goldstein, accordion
Tom Manuel, trumpet
Paolo Bartolani, piano

“Open the ears and body to the music. Tune in to the subtle frequencies of sounds. Let the imagination fly freely outside with the melodies from the composers of the American roots and the improvised sounds of the performers.”

Ticket price:
General audience: $50
Friends of Rites of Spring Members $40
Children Under 16 FREE

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Description
A music program with an unusual combination of music instruments.
Gil Goldstein, composer / arranger / accordionist, Tom Manuel, trumpetist, composer, director of the Jazz Loft and Paolo Bartolani, pianist, cultural manager, artistic director of Rites of Spring Music Festival will perform a program that combines traditional American songs and transcriptions / adaptations of classical musical pieces to celebrate the American music traditions.

Music Program
Three Spirituals arr. for accordion and piano
Florence Price O Holy Lord
Harry T. Burleigh Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
arr. by Jay Althouse Oh Shenandoah
Florence Price Adoration arr. for trumpet and piano
William Grant Still Summerland arr. for accordion, trumpet and piano
Songs arr.for trumpet and piano
George Gershwin Summertime for accordion, trumpet and piano
George Gershwin Blues from An American to Paris arr. for accordion,
and piano Arr. By Michele Mangani

George Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me for accordion, trumpet and piano Arr. by Joseph Turrin
Antonín Dvorak Goin’ Home arr. for accordion, trumpet and piano
Heitor Villa Lobos Song of the Black Swan arr. for accordion and piano
Carrell and Clayton Amazing Grace arr. for accordion, trumpet and piano
Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World arr. by Rich La Rosa

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