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The season's first subscription concert celebrated the broad diversity of American music, focusing on composers and artists often excluded from concert halls in the past.

A round-robin of Philadelphia Orchestra soloists in the original jazz-band orchestration of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue provides an ideal partnership for pianist Aaron Diehl's elaborations on this iconic work. 

Works by Still and Ellington make their welcome appearance at Disney Hall, but the presentation left a bit to be desired. 

This weekend saw the New York première of Philip Glass' complete Piano Etudes. Produced by Glass’ long-time collaborator Linda Brumbach, the dazzling showcase divided the 20 etudes equally among the ten performers.