Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Conductor and Violin Soloist

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin
James Keene, Violin
Keith Lawrence, Viola
Ryellen Joaquim, Viola
Kenneth Law, Cello
Nathaniel P. Taylor, Cello
Jacqueline Pickett, Double Bass
Mickey Thomas Terry, Organ

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Adagio in G Minor for Strings & Organ

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Deep River For Strings

Arr. Shirley J. Thompson

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)

Sonata da Chiesa

Jessie Montgomery (b.1981)

Strum

Igor Frolov (1937-2013)

Divertimento for Two Violins & Strings

Mickey Terry Thomas, organist

Louis Vierne (1870-1937

Organ Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, op. 20​

I. Allegro Risoluto ma non troppo vivo

Mark Fax (1929-1974)

The Quiet Church ​​​

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Noel Da Costa (1929-2022)

Hymn tune Variations on “O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee”​

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J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C (BWV- 564)​

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- Pause -

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, op. 65​

I. Allegro moderato e serioso

II. Adagio

III. Andante récit.

IV. Allegro assai vivace

Thomas H. Kerr (1915-1988)

Suite Sebastienne​

VIII. Rêverie for Celestes

Mark A. Miller (b. 1967)

Toccata on ‘Lift Every Voice’

VIOLIN

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport 

Romuald Grimbert-Barré 

James Keene 

VIOLA

Keith Lawrence

Ryellen Joaquim  

CELLO

Kenneth Law  

Nathaniel P. Taylor

DOUBLE BASS

Jacquiline Picket

ORGAN

Mickey Terry Thomas

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, conductor and violin soloist will be joined an ensemble of strings and guest appearance by Mickey Thomas Terry, organist, presenting Tomaso Albinoni Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ, Adolphus Hailstork, Sonata da Chiesa and Jessie Montgomery’s Strum.

Dr. Henry N. Tisdale, Claflin University President Emeritus’ will discuss his newly released book Beyond the Western Wall: Audacious Transformation of a Small Liberal Arts College that explores his comprehensive roadmap for implementing transformational leadership as a strategic tool for institutional change.

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin

Elizabeth Hill, piano

Kenneth Law, cello

Janinah Burnett, soprano

Jules Massenet (1842-1912) 

Arr. Louis Gallet

Élégie for soprano, cello & piano

Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Love Let the Wind Cry... How I Adore Thee  

Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966)

Suite For Unaccompanied Cello

 I.  Preludio-Fantasia

III. Intermezzo e Danza Finale

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Sonata for Violin (Anyango) and Piano   

Frantz Waxman (1906–1967)

Fantasy on Themes from Carmen for Violin & Piano  

Kayden Kelly, pianist

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Piano Suite, Op.71 “Three-Fours” 

I. Allegro Molto

VI. Allegro Assai

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39, in C minor

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
 

1. I. Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water) in D flat major

2. II. Hommage à Rameau (Tribute to Rameau) in G minor

3. III. Mouvement (Movement ) in C major

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Transcendental Étude No. 8 in C minor, "Wilde Jagd" (Wild Hunt) 

VIOLINS

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport

Romuald Grimbert-Barré

James Keene

VIOLAS

Keith Lawrence

Ryellen Joaquim

CELLO

Kenneth Law

Nathaniel P. Taylor

Zoltán Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7, Reinhold Glière, String Sextet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 11, Edmund Thornton Jenkins’ Reverie Phantasy for Sextet

Janinah Burnett, soprano

Elizabeth Hill, pianist

Jasmine Barnes (b. 1991)

Invocation 

Peace 

Carlos Simon (b.1986)

Prayer 

Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Love Let the Wind Cry... How I Adore Thee

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

T. G. T. T. (Too Good to Title)

My Love 

Heaven 

Hall Johnson (1888-1970)

My God is So High

John Carter (1929-1991)

Selections from Cantata

Air: Let Us Break Bread Together

Toccata: Ride on King Jesus

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

James Keene, Violin

Keith Lawrence, Viola

Ryellen Joaquim

Kenneth Law, Cello

Nathaniel P. Taylor

Elizabeth G. Hill, Piano

Zoltán Kodály (1894-1926)

      i.        Allegro serioso, non troppo

     ii.         Adagio - Andante

    iii.         Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto

Reinhold Glière String Sextet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 11.

      i.         Allegro  

     ii.         Larghetto  

    iii.         Allegro  

    iv.         Allegro vivace

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

James Keene, Violin

Keith Lawrence, Viola

Kenneth Law, Cello

Elizabeth G. Hill, Piano

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Sonata for Violin and Piano 


Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

Tequesta Song for Piano Quartet

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 1

I.          Allegro con Moto

II.         Larghetto

III.        Scherzo-trio

IV.        Allegro Molto

Leslie B. Dunner, Conductor

Clayton Stephenson, Piano

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

Symphony No.1 in G Major
   I. Allegro Presto (excerpt)

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Rhapsodic Overture  

Charlestonia: Folk Rhapsody 

(Original Composition – Charleston Premiere)

~Intermission~

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Rhapsody in Blue

Romuald Grimbert-Barre, Violin

Ashley Horne, Violin

Caleb Georges, Viola

Kenneth Law, Cello

Kyle P. Walker, Piano 

Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

Tequesta Song for Piano Quartet

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 1

I. Allegro con Moto
II.  Larghetto
III.  Scherzo-trio
IV.  Allegro Molto

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Piano Quintet, Op.44

I. Allegro brillante
II. In modo d'una marcia, un poco largamente
III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Christopher Brooks, PhD and Dame Shirley J. Thompson, OBE

Exploring the extraordinary career of a Black British Classical Luminary: Dame Shirley J. Thompson, OBE

    I.         Violinist and musician

     II.         Life as a composer

   III.         King Charles Commission

   IV.         Breaking barriers as conductor

    V.         Self-producing artist

Brandon Keith Brown, conductor

Rebecca L. Hargrave, soprano

The Grey Land - Mono Opera

Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. (b. 1967)

(Excerpts)

Movement 1. Ferguson: Summer of 2014

Words By Isaac Butler

Movement 4. One Side Losing Slowly

Word by Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.

Movement 6. Don’t (Aria)

            Words by Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.

Movement 11. Liberty Bell

            Words by Sonia Sotomayer

Movement 13. Streets of Sighs

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Soloist & Conductor

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor 

“Souvenir de Florence” (Movement I) 

Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

Semplice Sempre For Strings

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Deep River 

Arr. Shirley J. Thompson

Stephan Koncz (b. 1984)

A New Satisfaction (Gymnopédie No. 1)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Clair de lune 

Arr. Stephan Koncz

Kenji Bunch (b.1973) 

String Circle: I. Lowdown

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Primavera Porteño

Colour of Music Festival Piano Recital 

Kyle P. Walker, Pianist

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Etude in A-flat (Aeolian Harp) Op. 25 No. 1

Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

From the Southland

I. Through Moanin' Pines

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875- 1912) 

Three-Fours Op. 71

I.    Allegro molto

II.   Andante 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)    

Seven Variations on “God Save The King,” Wo078    



Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)

Troubled Water from Spiritual Sketches

Colour of Music Festival Vocal Recital 

Rebecca L. Hargrove, Soprano

Kyle P. Walker, Pianist

A Harlem Renaissance Recital

Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)

Harlem Night Song

Joy

My People

Dream Variations Set

Dream Variations

Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)

Minstrel Man

Richard Thompson (b. 1954)

Negro Speaks of Rivers  

I Too, Sing America 

~pause~

David N. Baker (b. 1970)

A Good Assassination Should be Quiet

Status Symbol

Florence B. Price (1886-1953)

Hold Fast to Dreams

Michael L. Jorgensen, Violin

Elizabeth G. Hill, Piano

Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint Georges (1745 – 1799)

Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Sonata in B-flat Major

I.               Allegro

II.             Tempo di Minuetto

Sonata in A Major

            I.Allegro moderato   

            II.Andantino

Sonata in G Minor

            I.Allegro   

            II.Rondeau gracioso

~Pause~

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Seven Traceries for Solo Piano

I. Cloud Cradles
II. Mystic Pool
III. Muted Laughter
IV. Out of the Silence
V. Woven Silver
VI. Wailing Dawn
VII. A Bit of Wit

Jessie Montgomery (b.1981)

Peace for Violin and Piano

Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

Fantasie No. 1 in G Minor for Violin and Piano

Colour of Music Festival Orchestra 

Leslie B. Dunner, Guest Conductor

Angela Brown, Soprano

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin

Kenneth Law, Cello

Leonard O. Hayes, Piano

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

Symphony No.1 in G Major                         

1. Allegro Presto

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

Act II, Scene I: Aria from L’Amant Anonyme

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)               

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

1. Allegro molto appassioinato

2. Andante

3. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

- Intermission -

Ludwig van Beethoven (1833-1897)                     

Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano, in C Major, Op. 56  

1. Allegro

2. Largo (attacca)

3. Rondo alla (polacca)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Impromptu in F Major, Op. 78, No. 1

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)

Prière, Op. 37, No. 3

César Franck (1822-1890)

Pièce Héroîque

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)

Adagio and Fugue in F Minor (1999)

Ralph Simpson (b. 1933)

Two Spirituals

Jacob's Ladder

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Fela Sowande (1905-1987)

Yoruba Lament

Florence Price (1887-1953)

First Sonata for Organ (1927)

I. Introduction-Allegro

II. Andantino

III. Finale

Edward E. Callahan, Piano

Leonard O. Hayes, Piano

Angela Brown, Soprano

Kenneth Law, Cello

Basil Vendryes, Viola

Sean Daniels, Marimba

Jules Massenet (1842-1912) 

Élégie for soprano, cello & piano 

Nkeiru Okoye (b. 1972)

Cerise’s Story from When the Caged Bird Sings 

Charles Knox (b.1929)

Music for Viola & Percussion

Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929-1997)

Concertino for Xylophone

I. Allegro with piano Accompaniment

II. Adagietto

III. Presto

Sean Daniels (b.1966)

Dawne For Marimba

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin and Conductor

VIOLIN I

Chenoa Murphy

Alberta Douglas

Kimberly Simpkins

Megan Jenifer-Harris

LaTannia Ellerbe

VIOLIN II

Sylvia de la Cerna

Sheyna Burt

LaToya Patterson

Theresa Fox

VIOLA

Alexandra D’Amico

Diane Phoenix Neal

Caroline Jones

Priscille Michel

CELLO

Adrienne Taylor

Rahel Lulseged

Cl’erida Eltime

BASS

Naomi Sarchendt

Sophia Scarano

KEYBOARD

Theresa Keene

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor

“Souvenir de Florence” (Movement I)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315

"Winter" (L'inverno)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Deep River

Arr. Shirley J. Thompson

Stephan Koncz (b. 1984)

A New Satisfaction (Gymnopédie No. 1)

Kenji Bunch (b.1973) 


String Circle: I. Lowdown

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Primavera Porteño

Edward E. Callahan, Piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (Well Tempered Clavier, Book II)

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Fantasy in F Minor (Opus 49)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Gaspard de la nuit

I. Ondine

Joseph Joubert

His Eye is On The Sparrow

- Pause -

Angela M. Brown, Soprano and Edward E. Callahan, Accompanist

Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)

Selections from A Woman's Life

I.  Little Girl Speakings

II. Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All

III. They Went Home

IV. Come. And Be My Baby

Daniel Schnyder (b. 1961)

My Boy from Charlie Parker's Yardbird

Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)

Three Prayers from Margaret Garner

Ease Yourselves

He Is By

Epilogue

Segment I

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Ashley D. Horne, Violin

Basil Vendryes, Alexandra D’Amico, Viola

Kenneth Law, Anthony De Peña, Cello

Segment II

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

Basil Vendryes, Alexandra D’Amico, Viola

Kenneth Law, Anthony De Peña, Cello

Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

Semplice Sempre for String Sextet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

String Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola in G Major, KV 423

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Rondeau. Allegro

- Pause -

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)


Reverie Phantasy

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir de Florence,” Op. 70

I. Allegro con spirito

II. Adagio cantabile e con moto

III. Allegretto moderato

IV. Allegro con brio e vivace

One of two spotlight performances opening the Colour of Music Festival’s 2023 Sacramento residency.

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

Ashley D. Horne, Violin

Keith Lawrence, Viola

Anthony De Peña, Cello

Coleridge Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)

String Quartet No. 1, “Calvary”

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegro Vivace

Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

String Quartet No.1

I. Meno Mosso

Il. Espressivo

Ill. Attacca

IV. Charisimo

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

String Quartet No. 12, in F major, Op.96

“American Quartet”

I. Allegro ma non troppo

II. Lento

III. Molto vivace

IV. Finale: vivace ma non tropp

VIOLIN

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport

Romuald Grimbert-Barré

James Keene

Michael L. Jorgensen

VIOLA

Basil Vendryes

Alexandra D'Amico

CELLO

Nathaniel P. Taylor

Boubacar Diallo

FLUTE

Meghan Bennett

PIANO

Leonard O. Hayes

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1945)  

His Song  

Coleridge Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)

Toccata for Solo Piano  

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)

D’ un matin de printemps       

William Grant Still (1895-1978)     

Arr. Alexa Still

Songs

If You Should Go

Song for the Lonely

Bayou Home

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926) 

Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe

Negro Symphonie Dramatique

(Movements IV Parts 3 & 4)

José White Lafitte (1836-1918)

La Bella Cubana

- Pause –  

Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)

Umoja   

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)      

String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 2

I.          Allegro moderato ma con fuoco

II.        Andante

III.       Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo

IV.        Presto

Violin: Anyango Yarbo-Davenport | James Keene

Viola: Jerome McCoy | Alexandra D’Amico

Cello: Nathaniel Taylor | Rahel Lulseged

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 “American Quartet”

I. Allegro ma non troppo

II. Lento

III. Molto vivace

IV. Finale: vivace ma non tropp

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Reverie Fantasy

Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence," Op. 70

I. Allegro con spirito

II. Adagio cantabile e con moto

III. Allegretto moderato

IV. Allegro con brio e vivace

Violin: Anyango Yarbo-Davenport | James Keene

Viola: Jerome McCoy | Alexandra D’Amico

Cello: Nathaniel Taylor | Rahel Lulseged

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 “American Quartet”

I. Allegro ma non troppo

IV.  Finale: vivace ma non troppo

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Negro Symphony

(Movements IV Parts 3&4)

Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Reverie Fantasy
Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence," Op. 70

I. Allegro con spirito

IV. Allegro con brio e vivace