Gershwin gamble enraptures crowd - By Simon Ferguson
Sydney Australia Daily Telegraph - Monday, 23 January 2006
The Sydney Festival put in another star turn on the weekend, holding about 85,000 entranced at the free Symphony in the Domain concert.
Organisers had gambled on a change, preparing a program of George Gershwin tunes instead of the usual purely classical menu. Their bold vision paid off on Saturday night when the Sydney Symphony Orchestra led by Wayne Marshall cast a spell on the crowd. The initial crowd estimated was down on the year before but the well-behaved crowd made organisers proud. Marshall began with Gershwin's best-known tune, Symphony in Blue, before running through a repertoire of great songs, some accompanied by singer Caroline O'Connor.
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