Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Concert | Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
On sale June 1, 11 AM EST
$60; $50 for Morgan members
Travel back to the early 1900s: America falls in love with electricity and automobiles, flying machines take to the sky, and ragtime music fills dance halls. In celebration of the exhibition Ragtime: Cakewalk in Pianoland, Rick Benjamin and the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra bring the thrilling sounds of Scott Joplin and his contemporaries to the Morgan.
Program
William Krell, Mississippi Rag
Scott Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag
Tom Turpin, The Saint Louis Rag
Scott Joplin, The Cascades
Joe Jordan, The Pekin Rag
George Cohan, Popularity
Percy Wenrich, The Smiler
Scott Joplin, Gladiolus Rag
May Aufderheide, The Thriller!
Joseph Lamb, Contentment
James Scott, Hilarity Rag
Arthur Pryor, That Flying Rag
W.C. Handy, Memphis Blues: A Southern Rag
Mayhew Lake, The Booster: An American Absurdity Rag
Luckey Roberts, Pork and Beans Rag
James Reese Europe, Castle House Rag
Scott Joplin, Magnetic Rag: Syncopations Classiques
Henri Klickmann, Smiles and Chuckles
Hubert Bauersachs, Deuces Wild
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra is the world’s only year-round, professional ensemble re-creating “America’s Original Music”—the syncopated sounds of America’s popular music from the 1890s to the 1920s period. Founded in 1987 by Rick Benjamin, the Orchestra made its formal debut at Alice Tully Hall 38 years ago—the first concert ever presented at Lincoln Center by such an ensemble. Since then, the Orchestra has appeared at hundreds of leading venues throughout the world. The 12-piece Paragon Ragtime Orchestra utilizes original arrangements of music from, typically, the 1890s through the 1920s, and has released over twenty recordings. A stickler for creating the authentic sound of the period, the Orchestra performs only with musical instruments manufactured before 1923.
This concert takes place in Gilder Lehrman Hall on the Ground Floor. Doors to the Hall will open 30 minutes before the concert begins. Attendees are invited to view Ragtime: Cakewalk in Pianoland before the concert from 5:30 to 7 PM.
Please e-mail public_programs@themorgan.org with questions about accessibility.
