[Top to bottom: Philip Herbert, piano; Kay Smith, mezzo-soprano; Chris Rogers, violin]
Lost Chords, Unsung Songs
The last of four performances of the program "Lost Chords, Unsung Songs" will be presented at London's Southbank Centre at 7.30pm Friday, 9th November, 2007. Margaret Bonds, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, William Grant Still are profiled at our companion website, www.AfriClassical.com
Here are excerpts from announcements of the event, which is part of the "Freedom and Culture Weekend":
Purcell Room
Lost Chords, Unsung Songs
Friday 9 November 2007, 7:45 P.M.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Sonata in D minor for Violin and Piano
Margaret Bonds The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Julia Perry Free At Last
Undine Smith Moore Come Down Angels
Betty Jackson King It's Me O Lord
Margaret Bonds He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Oswald Russell Jamaican Dance No. 2
Margaret Bonds Troubled Water
Undine Smith Moore I Am In Doubt
Betty Jackson King Spring Time
Florence Price To A Dark Virgin
Florence Price My Soul's Been Anchored To The Lord
Hall Johnson Ride On King Jesus
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Deep River from 24 Negro Melodies
William Grant Still Suite for Violin and Piano
Philip Herbert piano
Kay Smith mezzo-soprano
Chris Rogers violin
A celebration of the hidden contribution Black composers have made to the Western classical musical tradition, performed through chamber music and art songs.
The concert will include songs by Betty Jackson King, Margaret Bonds, Julia Perry, Undine Smith Moore, and Florence Price as well as music for violin and piano by William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The aesthetic outlook in this music touches on themes from the 'Harlem' and 'Chicago' Renaissance movements, celebrating cultural ideology derived from the African Diaspora. This concert offers a unique opportunity to hear chamber music from a different creative perspective on classical music repertoire, a perspective rarely heard in Britain, and is a true celebration of the hidden contribution Black composers have made to the western classical music tradition.
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1 comment:
Excuse me:
Do you know where I can order this sheet Margaret Bonds Troubled Water?
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