[The
Central State University Chorus and ML King Jr. Celebration Chorus
sing "Let All the World in Every Corner Sing," during the
The Cleveland Orchestra's 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. concert,
Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, at Severance Hall in Cleveland. ( Peggy
Turbett/ The Plain Dealer)]
Monday, January 16, 2012
“If
there's one thing the Cleveland Orchestra does exceptionally well,
besides play great orchestral music, it's honor Martin Luther King,
Jr. Consider what happened Sunday night at Severance Hall. For the
32nd year in a row, empty seats were as scarce as space on stage as
the orchestra and a crowd of musical guests whipped 2,000 listeners
onto their feet and into a frenzy of jubilation celebrating the
leader's life and legacy.”
“Conductor Chelsea Tipton II, music director of the Symphony of
Southeast Texas, presided over a 'Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Concert' as vital and moving as any in the event's long history,
regularly addressing the audience from the podium and offering
insight on the music and performers.”
“In keeping with tradition and much like the peaceful, diverse
world King envisioned, the 'Celebration Concert' program was a happy
mix of classical, gospel and spiritual music as performed by the
orchestra and a vast vocal entity composed of the renowned Central
State University Chorus and the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Chorus, an energetic band of singers drawn for the occasion from
about 60 church choirs around Northeast Ohio.
“The orchestra also has a pleasant habit of featuring the most
recent winner of the annual Spinx Competition, a high-profile contest
for young African-American and Hispanic string players. For that one
musician who gets here, it's a career boost like no other. This
year, the relationship with Sphinx paid off especially handsomely in
the form of violinist Alexandra Switala, of Texas, who easily
demonstrated with Ravel's 'Tzigane' how she came to take first place
in the Sphinx's junior division.”
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