A Celebration of Music by Black Composers II

A Celebration of Music by Black Composers II is this season’s second livestreamed concert which features music by Black composers. The program was initiated in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Featured composers include one of the earliest documented Black composers of Classical music, Joseph Bologne (1745 –1799). The other composers on the programme are David Baker, Adolphus Hailstork and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.

The featured musicians are Isaac Willocks (violin and viola), Edmond Agopian (violin), Patricia Lee (violin), Cindy Chen (violin), Ethan Mung (viola), Jasmine Long (cello), and Teresa Serafini (piano).

The livestream is free and will be broadcasted through https://www.stagestreamlive.tv/show/43998

PROGRAM:

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 –1799)
Sonata for Two Violins No. 3 in A major

David Baker (1931 - 2016)
Ethnic Variations on a Theme of Paganini (1976)

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Blue/s Forms for Violin Solo (1979)

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Divertimento for Violin and Viola

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Three Spirituals (2005)

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 –1799)
Deux Symphonies Concertantes
- Symphonie in E flat Major
- Symphonie in G Major

 *Program is subject to change

Live-stream production by Emil Agopian Film – Stagestream Live.

Presented by: UCalgary School of Creative and Performing Arts