Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Dingwall Fleary Leads Reston Community Orchestra in Still's 'Wood Notes' at M.L. King Tribute Jan. 15

[Dingwall Fleary]

Maestro Dingwall Fleary has been conductor of Reston Community Orchestra since 1996. His program for this year's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration includes Wood Notes of William Grant Still (1895-1978), whose complete works have been compiled by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma and are featured at AfriClassical.com:

“Wood notes; Suite, for chamber orchestra (1947). New York: Southern Music, 1959. (#451). ==+?6p. 1. Singing river; 2. Autumn night; 3. Moon dusk; 4. Wippoorwill's shoes. Instrumentation: 3222 (p) Eh bcl, 4331, timp, 2 perc, cel, harp, strings. Dedication: F. J. Lehmann. Première: 1948/IV/22; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Artur Rodzinski, conductor. 'Inspired by poems of J. Mitchell Pilcher.' Duration: 20:00 Library: Library of Congress (59-1339).”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Fifth Annual Memorial Tribute
Saturday, January 15, 2011 6pm - Reston Community Center

We again present a musical program honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King, and a celebration of Black History Month. The evening will feature orchestral music by African American composers in addition to readings, poetry and other spoken words.
George Gershwin – Selections from “Porgy and Bess”
Brian Scarborough – Symphony #1 in E minor
Alicia Bigham - “A Prayer for Peace”
William Grant Still - “Wood Notes”
Johnson - “Lift Every Voice & Sing”

Featured soloists, Reston's own Beverly Cosham and lyric soprano Ellyn Crawford.

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