Michael Tippett – Past Concerts

James P. Johnson — The Charleston
Michael Tippett — A Child of Our Time (5 spirituals)
Duke Ellington — Black, Brown, and Beige Suite (arr. Maurice Peress)
Edmund Thornton Jenkins — Charlestonia (orch. Vincent Plush)
Robert Russell Bennett / George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs

James P. Johnson — The Charleston
Michael Tippett — A Child of Our Time (5 spirituals)
Duke Ellington — Black, Brown, and Beige Suite (arr. Maurice Peress)
Edmund Thornton Jenkins — Charlestonia (orch. Vincent Plush)
Robert Russell Bennett / George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs

Program includes works by Jonathan Dove, Camille Saint-Saëns, Irving Fine, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Michael Tippett, William Henry Harris, Gerald Finzi, Maurice Ravel, Karol Szymanowski, John Muehleisen, and Jester Hairston.

Leo Brouwer – Elogio de la Danza
Joey Hooper – The Enchanted Sapphire
Michael Tippett – The Blue Guitar
Florence Price, arr. Paul Grove – Andante
David Feingold – Song and Dance
Paul Grove – Hymn to the Sacred Earth
Agustín Barrios – Vals Op. 8, No. 4

A journey through some of the music composed for two of England's grandest monarchs.

Audience and singer favorites from around the world, plus works by winners of this year’s student choral composition awards program.

Benjamin Britten – Hymn to Saint Cecilia
Frederick Delius – On Craig Ddu
Michael Tippett – Five Spirituals, from A Child of Our Time
William H. Harris – Faire is the heaven
William Walton – Where does the uttered music go?
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Arnold Bax – Mater ora filium

Stay for as long or as brief a period as you wish. Introduce children to fine choral music, even if they struggle to sit still or to be completely silent. This rehearsal will cover all repertoire on our next concert.

Tippett - Little Music
Krommer - Partita in Eb, Op. 45, No. 2
Donizetti - Sinfonia
Stravinsky - Eight Instrumental Miniatures
Suk - Serenade