ChamberMusicNY & Harlem Chamber Players: Spring Concert, Merkin Concert Hall, Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:30 PM with "A Hug for Harlem" by Jeffrey Scott

Spring Concert

Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:30 PM

Merkin Concert Hall

129 West 67th Street

New York, NY 10036
Between Broadway and Amsterdam
Click here for directions.

Program

Stravinsky Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks"

Bernstein Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"*

Jeffrey Scott A Hug for Harlem (World Premiere)

Copland Appalachian Spring

Featuring
David Gilbert, Conductor

Terrance McKnight, Host and Orator

Ashley Horne, Solo Violinist

with members of The Harlem Chamber Players and special guest performers

Tickets
This concert is FREE and open to the public, and there are only a few tickets left! 

RSVP required.

Click here for more info and to reserve your free ticket.

About the World Premiere

The Harlem Chamber Players and ChamberMusicNY commissioned Jeffrey Scott to compose A Hug for Harlem for orator and orchestra especially for this concert. This piece is inspired by the poetry of various prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance Era -- Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston and Wallace Thurman.

Jeffrey Scott writes what he calls "urban classical music." Scott draws from his experience and joy of composing musical "Hugs" to honor personalities or locales. Most recently, he has composed A Hug for Sharon for bassoon and piano and A Hug for Gonzalo, which, like A Hug for Harlem, fuses strings, winds, percussion and spoken word.