Hannibal
Laquita Mitchell
John Malveaux of
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia Orchestra
Copland's Appalachian Spring
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Verizon Hall| Friday, November 13 | 8pm | |
| Saturday, November 14 | 8pm | |
| Sunday, November 15 | 2pm |
Laquita Mitchell - Soprano
Rodrick Dixon - Tenor
Combined Choirs including
Delaware State University Choir
Lloyd Mallory - Director
Lincoln University Concert Choir
Edryn Coleman - Director
Morgan State University Choir Eric Conway - Director
J. Donald Dumpson - Choral Direction
Sibelius Finlandia
Copland Appalachian Spring
Hannibal One Land, One River, One People (Philadelphia Orchestra commission—world premiere)
'Nothing
is more sacred to me than music,' says American composer and jazz
trumpeter Hannibal, who grew up among the cotton fields of Texas. A
pastiche of spirituals, blues, and traditional African rhythms still
influence his music-writing today. The Philadelphia Orchestra performed
his highly acclaimed African Portraits, detailing the slave experience,
in 1997, and two years later gave the world premiere of his One Heart
Beating, one of the Orchestra's Centennial Commissions. ('The strings,
lord have mercy!' Hannibal told the Philadelphia Daily News.
'And the percussion. Wow!') In the world premiere of this emotionally
charged new work—also commissioned exclusively by The Philadelphia
Orchestra—Hannibal explores, with a flowing river as the symbol, the
connections among communities and all those who live in them. The
oratorio features chorus, soloists, and text written by the eloquent
composer.
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