Baltimore Symphony Midweek: The Jazz Age - Harlem Renaissance
Thursday, February 9, 2023 @ 10:00am – 11:00am (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall,
Baltimore,
MD,
United States
$7
George Gershwin
—
Porgy and Bess
(Introduction)
James P. Johnson — Harlem Symphony ("III. The Night Club")
George Gershwin — "I Got Rhythm" from Girl Crazy (arr. Hershey Kay)
James P. Johnson — Charleston
Florence Price — Symphony No. 1 in E minor ("III. Juba Dance")
William Grant Still — Lenox Avenue ("Blues")
William Grant Still — Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" ("III. Animato")
James P. Johnson — Harlem Symphony ("III. The Night Club")
George Gershwin — "I Got Rhythm" from Girl Crazy (arr. Hershey Kay)
James P. Johnson — Charleston
Florence Price — Symphony No. 1 in E minor ("III. Juba Dance")
William Grant Still — Lenox Avenue ("Blues")
William Grant Still — Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" ("III. Animato")
Explore the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance, a period in American history in which the creativity of African Americans left its mark on generations of civil rights activists, artists, and thinkers including Harlem and Negro Dancers by Langston Hughes, and Heritage by Gwendolyn B. Bennett.
Recommended for Grades 4-8 and up.