Rhapsody in Blue by Candlelight with Martin Cousin

A Candlelight concert of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, the 1924 work for piano and jazz band, given at St Mary-le-Strand church in London, with Martin Cousin.

Rhapsody in Blue is a work for piano and jazz band that George Gershwin composed in 1924, premiered in New York by Paul Whiteman's orchestra with Gershwin as soloist at the piano. It combines jazz idioms with the form of a concert piece and remains among the best-known works of American concert music.

This is a Candlelight concert, a series of classical programmes performed in candlelit settings, and it is not given by the original 1924 performers. Martin Cousin takes part in the evening.

St Mary-le-Strand, a Baroque church on the Strand designed by James Gibbs and completed in 1717, is a religious building in London, and this evening's concert takes place there.