Conductor James Gaffigan takes the podium to lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in works by William Grant Still, Antonín Dvořák, and George Gershwin. Later, Bernstein’s Serenade, after Plato’s ‘Symposium’ features violinist Janine Janson for the opening violin solo.
Plato’s Symposium, and An American in Paris

James Gaffigan (Photo: Vera Hartmann)
Playlist
William Grant Still: Mother and Child
Antonín Dvořák: American Suite, Op. 98b
Leonard Bernstein: Serenade, after Plato’s ‘Symposium’
Janine Janson, violin
George Gershwin: An American in Paris

