Synopsis

Richard Baker introduces tonight's performance at the Henry Wood Promenade Concert, featuring works by two of America's most beloved composers: Bernstein's Overture to *Candide*, and Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F, with soloist Steven de Groote. Following the interval, the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Litton, will perform Gershwin's *An American in Paris*. George Gershwin achieved renown as a composer of popular music, much of it intended for the stage or screen. While perhaps b