Don Heckman roundly applauds Marcus Roberts for removing "Rhapsody in Blue" "from its usual dated context" ("Roberts Uncovers New Dimension to 'Rhapsody in Blue,' " Calendar, Sept. 30). Is this dated as in how Chopin is dated? How about that Perry Como version of the Polonaise in A-flat, and that bonus lyric "Till the End of Time"?
The Roberts rendition of this landmark composition meanders and wanders about cutely, but hardly gives the piece "a vigorous new future."
