George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860)
(Copyright British Museum)
(Copyright British Museum)
[Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges [1745-1799] Concertos pour violon; Orchestre de Chambre Bernard Thomas; Jean-Jacques Kantorow; Arion 68093 (1990)]
Rafael Payare
The Walt Disney Concert Hall 10th Anniversary Celebration "insideOUT" brought the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra to the California State Univerisity-Long
Beach Carpenter Performing Arts Center for the first time on Saturday
August 28, 2013 for a 11:00 am family concert supported by County
Supervisor Don Knabe.
The program opened with 'The Marriage of Figaro Overture'. The Long
Beach based JAZZ ANGELS are an ethnic and gender mixed youth and adult
sextet. Their first performance piece was "So What" by Miles Davis. The
next two pieces, "Chitlins con Carne" by Kenny Burrell and "Sonnymoon
for Two" by Sonny Rollins had orchestral arrangements to include the LA
Phil Orchestra. The program closed with "Peter and the Wolf" featuring
narration by Julie Andrews.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra was under the baton of Venezuelan guest conductor Rafael Payare
who clearly exhibited the African influence in South American. The
current Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel recently commented that his hair was evidence of his African ancestry.
Le Chevalier
de Saint Georges was mixed race and a leading conductor and violinist in
Paris before the unmatched recognition of Mozart. Beethoven composed
his most famous violin sonata in honor of mixed race George Bridgetower and he performed with Bridgetower during the premiere in Vienna.
See picture of Maestro Rafael Payare. The
great boxer Joe Lewis and I frequently shared breakfast at 6:00am in
the morning at Caesar's Palace before retiring after a long night. Joe
used to say "you can run but you can not hide". The good news is no one
is hiding TODAY.
[Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) and George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860) are profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a biography and Works List for Bridgetower by Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.]
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