Berkeley Symphony's 'American Kaleidoscope' reignites 'Rhapsody in Blue,' burns the house down
On a Sunday afternoon outside Zellerbach Hall, concert-goers of all ages dodged stray skateboards to line up for Berkeley Symphony's season opener “American Kaleidoscope.” The question presumably on the crowd’s mind? How would conductor Joseph Young revamp the program’s 100-year-old centerpiece: George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue?”