[Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concertos, Op. 5, Nos. 1 & 2; Op. 3, No. 1; Op. 8, No. 9; Bernard Thomas Chamber Orchestra; Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Violin; Arion 68093 (1990)]
John Malveaux has made this comment at The Hutchinson L.A. Report on July 10, 2008:
“I have served on the Board of the Southeast Symphony Orchestra and continuously challenged the President and Conductor to program more music by composers of African descent. The orchestra has never performed a composition by Chevalier de Saint George and should not use his picture in connection with the 60 anniversary concert blog. Nevertheless, I congratulate SESA for 60 years and hope they will learn and perform more of our African Heritage in Classical Music.” [The Afro-French composer, violinist and conductor Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]
Board Member
Orchestra Repertoire
African Heritage in Classical Music
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Composers of African Descent
1 comment:
On 7-9-08, I attended the SUMMER SEASON COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA concert under the baton of Beth Pflueger at Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills and heard a very enthusiastic performance of William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony. I mention this because to enjoy and support composers of African descent I traverse Los Angeles County because SESA seldom and infrequently perform that repertoire. In fact, other community orchestras match and surpass SESA. The potential of SESA to help expose this great legacy of music and help prevent discontinuancies(like Florence Price symphony)should be met by the Board and Conductor.
John Malveaux
Post a Comment