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Tim Smith's Clef Notes & Drama Queens
January 18, 2010
Some music in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Due to a lack of funding, the Baltimore
Symphony is not presenting its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial
concert in conjunction with the State of Maryland, a considerable loss
to the community. If all goes well, the event will return next year.
Meanwhile, here are a couple of MLK-related performances around the
area worth catching.
On Monday at Baltimore's An die Musik,
Opus Nine, the imaginative young chamber ensemble that features several
Peabody Conservatory alumni, will give matinee and evening performances
of an appealing program that aims "to celebrate the vitality of [Dr.
King's] dream." The lineup includes John Williams' "Air and Simple
Gifts" (composed for the Obama inauguration) and Gershwin's "Lullaby"
for string quartet, as well as works by Duke Ellington, Darius Milhaud
and Ricky Ian Gordon.
On Tuesday at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, the
Washington Symphonic Brass will perform
Joseph Schwantner's "New Morning for the World," an affecting work
that incorporates selections from King's writings (Bill Ray will be the
narrator). Music by Scott Joplin, Duke Ellington and Wynton Marsalis
will also be played.
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