Béla Fleck’s Rhapsody in Blue

Béla Fleck, banjo
Paul Rissmann, composer
David Danzmayr, conductor

Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2025 | 7:00 PM

Single tickets go on sale in September.

ProMusica’s 47th season opens in our signature celebratory style! GRAMMY-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck joins the orchestra for his dazzling arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The orchestra presents composer and NAKED CLASSICS host Paul Rissmann’s FLOW: Variations over Time—our 73rd commission and a world premiere—taking audiences on a journey through landmark styles of modern orchestral music. The evening closes with Beethoven’s dynamic Symphony No. 1 for a thrilling start to the year.

RISSMANN — FLOW: Variations over Time [Commission & World Premiere]
GERSHWIN (arr. Fleck) — Rhapsody in Blue
BEETHOVEN — Symphony No. 1

Support for Paul Rissmann’s commission is made possible an anonymous donor.