NY Phil: The March to Liberation

• Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
• Simon Estes, bass-baritone
• Janinah Burnett, soprano
• Rodrick Dixon, tenor
• Ebony Spicer, treble
• New York Philharmonic Chorus
• Leslie B. Dunner, guest conductor

This multimedia evening delving into the Black American experience features staging directed by Tazewell Thompson and video by Rasean Davonté Johnson. Still's Symphony No. 2, "Song of a New Race," celebrates the Black American as, in the composer's words, "a totally new individual." Adolphus Hailstork's oratorio Done Made My Vow: A Ceremony honors the countless Black Americans who have faced "the bench of injustice, and, by doing so, changed a nation." It all begins with the world premiere of Courtney Bryan's Gathering Song, with Ryan Speedo Green singing Thompson's libretto. Leslie B. Dunner conducts.  

About New York Philharmonic

https://nyphil.org/

About Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone

https://www.ryanspeedogreen.com/

About Simon Estes, bass-baritone

https://www.music.iastate.edu/people/simon-estes

About Janinah Burnett, soprano

https://www.janinahburnett.com/

About Rodrick Dixon, tenor

http://www.tenorroddixon.com/

About New York Philharmonic Chorus

https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/new-york-philharmonic-chorus

About Leslie B. Dunner, guest conductor

https://www.interlochen.org/person/leslie-dunner