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2022-05-04 00:18:45
The Cleveland Orchestra: Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert Saturday, June 4, 7 PM; Free tickets available May 14 at 10 AM
Ticket Information This concert is free, though tickets are required. Due to the high demand, tickets to this concert go quickly. Typically, all tickets for this performance are distributed by noon on the day they are made available to the public. There will a limit of four tickets per household. About the Concert This uplifting concert will showcase the music of prominent Black composers — such as Dolores White, Mary D. Watkins, Carlos Simon, Brian Raphael Nabors, William Grant Still, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — as well as music in the African American spiritual tradition. The program concludes with James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson’s beloved hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2022 Community Service Awards will be presented as part of this concert. DOLORES WHITE Celebration MARY D. WATKINS Soul of Remembrance TRADITIONAL Ev’ry Time […]
2022-05-03 00:41:54
Tickets are now on sale for The Ordering of Moses featuring the monumental oratorio by the Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett! Left to right top to bottom are Damien Sneed, Brandie Sutton, Chauncey Packer, Lucia Bradford, Janinah Burnett, and Kenneth Overton. THE ORDERING OF MOSES FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2022 at 7:30 PM The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine 1047 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY, 10025 (map) We hope you will join us for this monumental event with over 100 performers, including a 75-member choir, a 60-piece orchestra with organ, soloists, and conductor! PROGRAM James Weldon Johnson (arr. Damien Sneed) Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing J.S. Bach Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Lord God, Thy Praise We Sing) from Cantata BWV 16 R. Nathaniel Dett The Ordering of Moses FEATURING […]
2021-01-17 23:58:00
John Malveaux: Music researcher and professor Dr. Michael Cooper shared a paper about Margaret Bonds' composition NO MAN HAS SEEN HIS FACE
[…] –from the late 1930s until her death. About the Edition This edition generally presents Bonds’s music as she wrote it, differentiating between authorial and editorial information. Editorial slurs are perforated, and editorial dynamics, expressive markings, and tempos are presented in Roman font with brackets. Editorial extensions of dynamic and expressive markings are perforated and hooked at each end. Four sources for No Man Has Seen His Face survive, all in the James Weldon Johnson Collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (shelfmark JWJ MSS 151 Box 7, folder 36):[4] AS 1: Autograph full score, 7 pp., headed “NO MAN HAS SEEN HIS FACE / SATB with piano accompaniment / and Sop[rano] or Tenor Solo / Words by Janice Lovoos [space] Music by Margaret Bonds.” At the end it bears the autograph inscription “March 21, 1968 / Home of Thor and Janice Lovoos […]
2020-10-24 05:16:00
Classical Music News of the Week, October 24, 2020
[…] imaginative performances from the comfort and safety of the Greehey Lawn - LIVE in an outdoor, safe, natural setting. Seating is limited and tickets are on sale now - secure your seat today!For more information, visit: https://www.solichamberensemble.com/eyes-lens/--Anne Schellenge, SOLI Chamber EnsembleDeath of Classical Presents “To America”Death of Classical, in partnership with The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, will present “To America” on October 22-24. The in-person, immersive cemetery-wide event is inspired by the poetry of James Weldon Johnson, who is buried in the Cemetery and best known for his anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and combines music, history, literature, and dance into a single sweeping statement—a lament, a love song, a plea, and a prayer to a nation in a time of deep uncertainty. To America is co-curated by Death of Classical founder Andrew Ousley and Harry Weil, Green-Wood’s Director of Public Programs, with Artistic Partner Liz Player and The […]
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