Tickets to this performance are available for purchase at virginiasymphony.org.

The incredibly virtuosic banjo superstar Bela Fleck joins the orchestra for an audience favorite … with a twist! Performing his new arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue on banjo, Bela’s endless curiosity for combining genres will surely surprise and delight. Add in a few other American greats like Ellington and Porter, finish off with an epic Bolero, and you have a recipe for a concert you won’t soon forget!

Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Bela Fleck, banjo

Duke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady
Lili Boulanger: d’un matin des printemps
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (arranged for Banjo by Bela Fleck)
Cole Porter: Within the Quota
Maurice Ravel: Bolero