Spivey Hall: Chamber Music with Anthony McGill
$18-$63 ($15-$51 educator/student)
- Anthony McGill, clarinet
- Susanna Phillips, soprano
- Myra Huang, piano
James Lee III — Chavah's Daughters Speak
Franz Schubert — Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
William Grant Still — Romance
Anthony McGill, Susanna Phillips and Myra Huang perform a concert showcasing this rare and gorgeous combination of musical voices.vThis superb collaboration of artists features Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock and a song cycle commissioned for them by the 92nd Street Y from Baltimore composer James Lee III, Chavah's Daughters Speak. Anthony performs Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata and William Grant Still's Romance.
About Anthony McGill, clarinet
Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (New York Times), clarinetist Anthony McGill enjoys a dynamic international solo and chamber music career and is principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic – the first African-American principal player in the organization's history. He is the recipient of the 2020 Avery Fisher Prize, one of classical music’s most significant awards.
McGill appears as a soloist with top orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, and the Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras. He performed alongside Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gabriela Montero at the inauguration of President Barack Obama, premiering a piece by John Williams. As a chamber musician, McGill is a collaborator of the Brentano, Daedalus, Guarneri, JACK, Miró, Pacifica, Shanghai, Takács, and Tokyo Quartets, and performs with leading artists including Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnatan, Gloria Chien, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida, and Lang Lang.
He serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School and is the Artistic Director for Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program. He holds the William R. and Hyunah Yu Brody Distinguished Chair at the Curtis Institute of Music.
https://www.anthonymcgill.com/