The songs of George and Ira Gershwin present perhaps the big­gest challenge. So well-known have their songs become, and so often have they been performed by so many artists of widely divergent styles, that it is often difficult to disassociate the songs from one’s own personal preferences for (or remembrances of) record­ing art­ists, from Al Jol­son to Ella Fitz­ger­ald. There is also the formidable legacy of George Gershwin’s instru­mental concert works and his opera Porgy and Bess, which is finally being hailed as the masterpiece that it is. But these concert works have also become an integral part of popular music and jazz as well. For this program, ex­pect to hear everything from "The Real American Folk Song", "Fascinating Rhythm", "Rhap­sody In Blue" and "I Got Rhythm" to Porgy and Bess and "A Foggy Day". You will also hear songs written by each of the Gershwin brothers without the other ("Swanee", "I Can’t Get Started").