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2022-02-24 00:44:30
Rodrick Dixon (Photo by Kristie Kahns) R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) (Library of Congress) The Guardian Rodrick Dixon Tue 22 Feb, 2022 Robert Nathaniel Dett’s sweeping oratorio had its first broadcast cut short and has barely been heard in the eight decades since. Ahead of its UK premiere, tenor Rodrick Dixon explains its importance, and how the composer’s grandmother played a part Eight years ago this May, I was standing on stage at Carnegie Hall watching the audience waving green festival banners. The air was filled with nervous anticipation. The occasion was the New York premiere of The Ordering of Moses, an oratorio composed in 1932 by Robert Nathaniel Dett. As a Black artist about to deliver the role of Moses in the Big Apple, I felt full of emotion. I was […]
2022-01-07 00:06:00
[…] of the Komische Oper in Berlin, succeeding Henrik Nanasi. Bramwell Tovey takes over as music director in 2022 and is now MD-designate. Eric Jacobsen is the new music director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Andrés Orozco-Estrada is now music director of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (not to be confused with the Vienna Philhamonic). Garry Walker: now full-time music director of Opera North Jun Markl: music director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Juanjo Mena: music director of the Cincinnati May Festival Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: James Conlon is artistic advisor, presumably until a successor to Marin Alsop is named. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Ivan Fischer is now 'honorary guest conductor' (wonder if they now wish that they'd chosen him as chief conductor then, even though they probably really wanted Andris Nelsons at the time, but couldn't get him) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic: Ryan Bancroft is chief conductor designate. He starts in 2023-24. Anja Bihlmaier is the […]
2021-02-25 00:44:00
Sergio A. Mims - Adolphus Hailstork's "Earthrise for Double Chorus and Orchestra" on WHPK-FM Chicago March 2
Adolphus Hailstork Sergio A. Mims writes: I am very honored and pleased to announce that I will be broadcasting on my weekly classical music show on WHPK-FM Chicago on Tuesday March 2 Adolphus Hailstork's extraordinary Earthrise for Double Chorus and Orchestra which was recorded live at the Cincinnati May Festival with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with John Conlon conducting. Many thanks to Bill Doggett for obtaining permission from Mr. Hailstork to allow me to broadcast this great work on my radio show Also on the program will be Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 2 and Sibelius' Four Legends from the Kalevala. My show can be heard every Tuesday from 12 noon to 3PM (CST) locally on 88.5 FM and worldwide livestream on the station's website at ici Sergio
2020-11-27 00:52:00
NYChoral.org: New York Choral Society presents second installment of "Our Voices" with the premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s "A Carol For All Children" Dec. 15
[…] all children the right to be valued, loved and nurtured regardless of race, creed or means in an equitable and loving world. Composer Adolphus Hailstork has written numerous works for chorus, solo voice, piano, organ, various chamber ensembles, band, and orchestra. Among his early compositions are Celebration, and Out of the Depths (1977) and American Guernica (1983). New commissions include Earthrise, a large-scale choral work for James Conlon and the 2006 Cincinnati May Festival and We Rise for Freedom: The John P. Parker Story for the Cincinnati Opera. Hailstork is currently working on a requiem for chorus and orchestra, A Knee on The Neck, in response to the murder of George Floyd. Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual arts. Brendan’s projects address issues of race, queer culture, migration, protest and other forms of […]
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