William Grant Still – Upcoming Concerts near Ashburn, VA
Baltimore Symphony Midweek: The Jazz Age - Harlem Renaissance
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 @ 10:00am – 11:00am (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
George Gershwin
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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")
$7
Baltimore Symphony Midweek: The Jazz Age - Harlem Renaissance
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 @ 11:30am – 12:30pm (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
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")
$7
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
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")
$7
Marian Anderson Vocal Award Recital: Leah Hawkins
Sunday, February 12, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (EST)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Traditional
—
Guide My Feet
(arr. Jester Hairston)
Richard Wagner — Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
Francis Poulenc — Les Chemins de l'amour ("The pathways of love"), FP 106-Ia
Aaron Copland — Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
William Grant Still — Songs of Separation
Jasmine Barnes — Proverb (Kennedy Center premiere)
Peter Ashbourne — Five Songs for Soprano and Piano
Richard Wagner — Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
Francis Poulenc — Les Chemins de l'amour ("The pathways of love"), FP 106-Ia
Aaron Copland — Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
William Grant Still — Songs of Separation
Jasmine Barnes — Proverb (Kennedy Center premiere)
Peter Ashbourne — Five Songs for Soprano and Piano
$39-$49
SHCS Discovery Series: Sterling Elliott, cello & Elliot Wuu, piano
Saturday, February 18, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EST)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Luigi Dallapiccola — Ciaccona, Intermezzo, e Adagio ("I. Ciaccona")
Felix Mendelssohn — Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
William Grant Still — Mother and Child
Luigi Dallapiccola — Ciaccona, Intermezzo, e Adagio ("I. Ciaccona")
Felix Mendelssohn — Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
William Grant Still — Mother and Child
Free (RSVP required)
Phillips Collection: Melissa White & Pallavi Mahidhara
Sunday, May 7, 2023 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (EDT)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Johannes Brahms
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Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Amy Beach — Romance for violin & piano, Op. 23
Nokuthula Ngwenyama — A Bishop's Procession
George Gershwin — "Bess, you is my woman now" from Porgy and Bess (arr. Jascha Heifetz)
George Gershwin — "It Ain’t Necessarily So" from Porgy and Bess (arr. Jascha Heifetz)
William Grant Still — Suite for Violin and Piano
Amy Beach — Romance for violin & piano, Op. 23
Nokuthula Ngwenyama — A Bishop's Procession
George Gershwin — "Bess, you is my woman now" from Porgy and Bess (arr. Jascha Heifetz)
George Gershwin — "It Ain’t Necessarily So" from Porgy and Bess (arr. Jascha Heifetz)
William Grant Still — Suite for Violin and Piano
$45 ($25 member) | Stream: $15 ($10 member)