Apollo Chamber Players: Apollo MoonShot
$49-$59
- Kenneth Gayle, tenor
- Tonya Burton, viola
Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate — MoonStrike (NY premiere)
Jennifer Higdon — In the Shadow of the Mountain (NY premiere)
Pierre Jalbert — L'esprit du Nord ("Spirit of the North") (NY premiere)
Erberk Eryılmaz — Thracian Airs of Besime Sultan (NY premiere)
Apollo Chamber Players, led by founder and director Matthew J. Detrick returns to Carnegie Hall for a program celebrating the ensemble's 15th season of multicultural programming and the conclusion of its Moonshot-inspired 20x2020 commissioning project. New works by Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon, Emmy-winning Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, and Rome Prize-winning composer Pierre Jalbert are showcased, along with a homage to Turkish-born composer Erberk Eryilmaz's heritage and a peace-infused work by Prairie View A&M composer John Cornelius. Special guests include Houston Poet Laureate Outspoken Bean, vocalist Kenneth Gayle, and astronaut narrator John Herrington, the first Native American to fly in space.