Dr. Louise Toppin
Jensen Artists, Neighbor
Fresh from winning its first
Grammy Award, Experiential Orchestra (EXO), led by Music Director James
Blachly, opens its 2021-22 season with a concert highlighting its
partnership with the African Diaspora Music Project (ADMP). Featuring
ADMP Founder and Editor, celebrated soprano Dr. Louise Toppin, the
program includes two New York premieres by 20th century African-American
composer Julia Perry – her Prelude for Strings from 1946, revised 1962
and newly orchestrated by Roger Zahab, and Symphony for Violas and
Basses from 1961, a substantial one-movement work. The concert also
includes Quinn Mason’s Reflections on a Memorial (2020), Jessica Meyer’s
Through Which We Flow (2017), and three works for voice – “Didn’t My
Lord Deliver Daniel” by David Baker from his cycle Wisdom (1990),
recorded by Toppin; “Golden Days” by William Grant Still from his opera
Costaso (1950); and Jessie Montgomery’s I Want to Go Home (2015),
premiered with the composer, Julia Bullock, and Blachly in 2015.
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