Celebrating the Influence of Black Musicians on Classical Music: A Recital Honoring Cultural Heritage
Black musicians have shaped classical music for centuries; this recital honors and recognizes the artists and art forms who have shaped our cultural heritage. Dvorak’s Sonatina is one of his American-flavored works, particularly inspired by the music of African Americans. Beethoven’s Sonata No. 9 was written for and premiered by the Black European virtuoso violinist George Bridgetower. Still and White’s works are important jazz-inspired masterpieces of the 20th century. Written for Pine, Childs’s Incident on Larpenteur Avenue, is a single-movement violin sonata/tone poem written as a response to the killing of Philando Castille by police.
Concert Program
Antonin Dvořák: Sonatina in G major, Op. 100
Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, “The Bridgetower Sonata”
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Dolores White: Blues Dialogues
William Grant Still: Here’s One
Billy Childs: Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
William Grant Still: Suite
Heralded as a leading interpreter of the great classical masterworks, American concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine thrills international audiences with her dazzling technique, lustrous tone, and emotional honesty. With an infectious joy in music-making and a passion for connecting historical research to performance, Pine transforms audiences’ experiences of classical music.
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