Pianist Jeffrey Biegel To Appear On Good Morning America To Discuss New York Premiere Of Restored Manuscript Edition Of Rhapsody In Blue And Perform Excerpts From The Work In Connection With His January 8 American Symphony Orchestra Performance With Maestro Vakhtang Jordania NEW YORK, NY (January 3, 2001)-- On Monday January 8th, 2001, pianist Jeffrey Biegel will appear on Good Morning America. He will discuss his performance of the New York Premiere with Maestro Vakhtang Jordania and the American Symphony Orchestra and perform selections from the manuscript edition of Rhapsody in Blue, with more than 50 bars restored that haven't been heard in New York since the famous 1924 premiere concert at Aeolian Hall. The concert will be that evening, January 8 at 8 PM at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The Rhapsody will be the feature piece in an evening of premieres by American composers and Russian orchestral masterpieces. Works on the program include Variations on The Wayfaring Stranger (New York Premiere) by James Cohn; Peanuts Gallery for Piano and Orchestra by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich; the Rhapsody in Blue; Islamey by Balakirev (World Premiere-transcription for piano and orchestra by Jeffrey Biegel), and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Tickets for this concert are $45, $30 and $18 and are available at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office, through CenterCharge at 212-721-6500 or online at CultureFinder - http://www.culturefinder.com/calendar/event?id=151561 To read the complete concert press release and get more information about the New York Premiere of the manuscript edition of Rhapsody in Blue and the new transcription of Islamey, please log on to opt-inPROMO at http://www.opt-inPROMO.com/jamesarts/pressrelease.htm An in-depth article about the restored Rhapsody in Blue by its restorer, Dr. Alicia Zizzo, can be found at http://www.jamesarts.com/AZRHAPNOTE.htm To see the concert poster, log on to http://www.opt-inPROMO.com/jamesarts/poster.htm For more information about conductor Vakhtang Jordania, pianist Jeffrey Biegel or composer James Cohn, log on to Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at http://www.jamesarts.com/artists.htm. For more concert information please contact: Jeffrey James at 516 797-9166 or Tony Scafide at 516 220-2136. Jeffrey James