Repast is based on the life of Booker Wright
(New York Times: Photo from Booker Wright Family)
(New York Times: Photo from Booker Wright Family)
Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story is a documentary film about Booker Wright, a waiter who sang the menu in a Greenwood, Mississippi restaurant catering to White patrons, as well as operating his own establishment called "Booker's Place" in an African American neighborhood. Wikipedia recounts the story of his participation in a documentary shown on NBC Television, and the repercussions:
Kevin Young is a poet who wrote
the libretto of the oratorio Repast
the libretto of the oratorio Repast
Nolan Gasser is Composer of Repast
http://www.nolangasser.com/
http://www.nolangasser.com/
Justin Hopkins, Bass-Baritone
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Bruce Levingston, Piano
Premiere Commission celebrates its 15th anniversary
with a special concert in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. Pianist Bruce Levingston
performs solo premieres of works by composers Nolan Gasser and James
Matheson, as well as works by Philip Glass and Franz Schubert. He is
joined by baritone Justin Hopkins for the New York City premiere of Repast,
an oratorio based on the life of the Mississippi civil rights figure
Booker Wright with a libretto by PEN/Faulkner Award-winner Kevin Young.
This work and its premiere have been co-commissioned and co-sponsored
by Premiere Commission and Southern Foodways Association.
Performers
- Bruce Levingston, PianoGuest Artist: Justin Hopkins, Baritone
Program
- NOLAN GASSER Repast (NY Premiere)
- JAMES MATHESON Windows (World Premiere)
And works by Schubert and Philip Glass
Comment by email:
Hey there Bill, Thank you so much for the wonderful blog post about the concert! We're
very excited to share it with the New York audience, and this press
will certainly help in getting more people there to see it. I will be
posting it on all of my social media in the coming days. Thanks again!!
Very best, Justin Hopkins
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