Black composers – Upcoming Concerts

Anna Clyne — This Moment (NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

Program includes works by Danae Venson, Vasiliki Krimitza, Giuseppe Gallo-Balma, Angela Elizabeth Slater, Leo Chang, Daniel Sabzghabaei, Annie Aries Ruefenacht, and Christian Quiñones.

Jessie Montgomery — Rhapsody No. 2 (arr. Michi Wiancko for violin & chamber orchestra; world premiere of arrangement)
Gabriel Kahane — Heirloom (NY premiere)
Gabriel Kahane — Where Are the Arms (arr. for orchestra, voice, & guitar)
Anna Clyne — Shorthand (NY premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a "Paris"

Johannes Brahms — Selected works
Florence Price — Selected works
Tania León — Selected works
Franz Joseph Haydn — Selected works
Francis Poulenc — Selected works
Margaret Bonds — Selected works
Johann Sebastian Bach — Selected works

Program includes works by David Lang, Florence Price, Devin Farrell, Johannes Brahms, Cristina Spinei, Robert Schumann, Madi Diaz, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Jennifer Higdon.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Jessie Montgomery — Starburst
Josef Strauss — Music of the Spheres, Op. 235
Henri Duparc — Aux étoiles
Gustav Holst — "IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets, Op. 32

Talib Rasul Hakim — Scope-Seven (for solo piano)
Talib Rasul Hakim — Four (for clarinet, trumpet, trombone, & piano)
Talib Rasul Hakim — Psalm of Akhnaten; ca. 1365-1348 B.C. (for mezzo soprano, flutes, & piano)
Talib Rasul Hakim — Currents (for string quartet)
Talib Rasul Hakim — Music for Nine Players and Soprano Voice

Program includes works by David Lang, Florence Price, Devin Farrell, Johannes Brahms, Cristina Spinei, Robert Schumann, Madi Diaz, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Jennifer Higdon.

Johannes Brahms — Selected works
Florence Price — Selected works
Tania León — Selected works
Franz Joseph Haydn — Selected works
Francis Poulenc — Selected works
Margaret Bonds — Selected works
Johann Sebastian Bach — Selected works

Anthony R. Green — Connections
Wenbin Lyu — Duke's Fantasy I
Mariel Teran — Manos de Tierra
Philip Glass — Águas da Amazônia (arr. Olivier Glissant / world premiere)

Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Jenn Hutt — Scenes from an Urban Ballad (world premiere)
Moses Hogan — Hear My Prayer
Stan Spottswood — You are the Light of the World
Benny Russell — Lord, How Come Me Here?

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"

Anna Clyne — This Moment (NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

Modest Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')

Program includes works by David Lang, Florence Price, Devin Farrell, Johannes Brahms, Cristina Spinei, Robert Schumann, Madi Diaz, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Jennifer Higdon.

Leonard Bernstein — Selected works
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Selected works
The Beatles — Selected works

Roscoe Mitchell — Selected works
Ornette Coleman — Selected works
Vijay Iyer — Selected works
Rhiannon Giddens — Selected works
Antonín Dvořák — Selected works

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Jessie Montgomery — Starburst
Josef Strauss — Music of the Spheres, Op. 235
Henri Duparc — Aux étoiles
Gustav Holst — "IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets, Op. 32

Program includes works by Pärt Uusberg, Kyle Pederson, André J. Thomas, Elaine Hagenberg, Traditional, Marianne Forman, Josef Rheinberger, Alice Parker, Franz Joseph Haydn, Eric William Barnum, Shawn Kirchner, and Frank Ticheli.

Ted Hearne — Law of Mosaics
Clyde Otis — This Bitter Earth (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Max Richter — On the Nature of Daylight (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Thom Willems — Just Ducky (part of 'Herman Schmerman (Pas de Deux)')
James Blake — Selected works (part of 'Love Letter (on shuffle)')