Saturday, April 2, 2011

Ritz Chamber Players Perform Tania León and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson at Ravinia 8 PM April 8

[Ritz Chamber Players]

Friday, April 08, 2011
8:00 PM
Bennett Gordon Hall

“Boasting some of the world’s preeminent musicians spanning the African diaspora, the Ritz Chamber Players are dedicated to showcasing the works of African-American composers. Its members perform with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and the London Symphony. They group has performed at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and the Madison and Amelia Island chamber music festivals. The Ritz Chamber Players have appeared on National Public Radio and on the televised 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards.

PROGRAM
Quilter: Three Pastoral Songs, Op.22
León: Oh Yemanja—“Mother’s Prayer” from Scourge of Hyacinths
Perkinson: String Quartet No.1 based on the spiritual “Calvary”
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
[Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004) is profiled at AfriClassical.com which features a complete Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, as well as a biography of Tania Justina León (b. 1943), whose website is http://www.tanialeon.com/]

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