LinkedIn: 'Good Friday Liturgy at St. Margaret's Church in Annapolis, MD' to feature 'Calvary' of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

About eight months ago, James Fitzpatrick made this post on the LinkedIn Group “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912): Britain's Greatest Black Composer”:

James Fitzpatrick Recently having played through The Atonement, I have decided to conduct the fifth section of the piece as part of our Good Friday Liturgy at St. Margaret's Church in Annapolis, MD.

[AfriClassical After months of discussions with Lionel Harrison, James Fitzpatrick made this post yesterday]:

James Fitzpatrick Lionel, I want to share the thrill and excitement of our first instrumental rehearsal of "Calvary" from "The Atonement". Last evening we played this music - perhaps for the first time in a century that these string parts have been heard. The small orchestra (6 violins, 2 viola, 2 celli, and string bass, plus piano) sounded amazingly full and lush. People kept looking for comparisons - was this more like Rachmaninov or Mahler? Was it as chromatic in its color as Richard Strauss? Would it be difficult to imagine and complete the score? Every single musician excited and honored to be addressing this score and impatient for tonight's rehearsal with chorus and soli. I am so grateful to you for your assistance in making this possible and your encouragement on this marvelous journey.

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com Major observances of the Centennial of Coleridge-Taylor's death on Sept. 1, 1912 are underway and are the work of organizations including the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, http://www.sctf.org.uk]