Rhapsody in Blue
19:30 Sat 28 Nov 2026 The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Programme
- Rhapsody in Blue
- Dawn in Retirore-orchestration world premiere
- Selected Songs (instrumental)arr. M. Hazama
- Smile (instrumental)arr. C. Ogerman/M. Hazama
Performers
- Miho Hazamaconductor
- Makoto Ozonepiano
Smile, though your heart is aching
Grammy-nominated Miho Hazama, chief conductor of the Danish Radio Big Band, brings an effortless swagger to her debut at the Bridgewater Hall.
At the heart of this jazz-inflected programme is George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue – a piano concerto threaded through with jazz freedom – followed by selected Gershwin songs reframed through Hazama’s luminous instrumental arrangements. Her own Dawn in Retiro, heard here in its world premiere re-orchestration, opens a different sound world: cinematic, spacious and quietly radiant.
Miho Hazama. Photo: Dave Stapleton
