The Colour of Music Festival Masterworks Finale program features the Festival’s 70+ member orchestra led by Berlin-based Maestro Brandon Keith Brown who returns to the U.S. podium after a five-year hiatus. Along with their colleague violinist, Anyango Yarbo-Daveport, the orchestra will present Brahms’ Violin Concerto, Op. 77 and Florence Price’s The Oak. Price is the first Black woman to have a composition performed by an American orchestra.
Brandon Keith Brown, Guest Conductor
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
Florence B. Price (1887-1953)
The Oak
- Intermission -
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D major Op.77
I. Allegro non troppo (D major)
II. Adagio (F major)
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace – Poco più presto (D major)
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.