UPCOMING FESTIVAL EVENTS
UPCOMING FESTIVAL EVENTS
High Noon Organ Recital
Fisk University organist Anthony Williams
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Matinee Literary Presentation
Christopher Brooks and Rufus Jones present Jones’ iconic book Maestro Abroad Negro at Home: The Dean Dixon Story
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Chamber Music IV: Percussion, Viola & Vocal Spotlight
Chamber Music IV
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Panel Presentation
Pipe organ panel presentation with Karen Chandler and Fisk University organist Anthony Williams
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Chamber Music III: All-Female Virtuosi
All-Female Virtuosi String Chamber Orchestra
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Matinee Piano & Vocal Recital
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Chamber Music II: Colour of Music Sextet Spotlight
The second of two spotlight performances opening the Colour of Music Festival’s 2023 Sacramento residency.
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Chamber Music I: Colour of Music Quartet Spotlight
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Colour of Music Festival Octet at the MOJA Arts Festival
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Colour of Music Festival Chamber Music Quartet & Sextet Ensembles
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Colour of Music Festival Chamber Music Quartet, Quintet & Sextet Ensembles
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
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
An Open Score with Tuffus Zimbabwe
Tuffus Zimbabwe is not only a renowned musician and fellow Charlestonian, but he’s also the keyboardist for Saturday Night Live and the great-nephew of composer Edmund Thornton Jenkins. Edmund was an American composer during the Harlem Renaissance spending most of his life abroad studying at the Royal Academy of Music after arriving in England by way of playing/directing the band of his father’s Jenkins Orphanage. Tuffus restored, edited, and arranged Edmund's music from handwritten manuscripts into printed score.
Mr. Zimbabwe will join us on the eve of the Colour of Music Festival‘s latest Charleston performance, which kicks off on May 4th, and features a debut of three pieces by his great-uncle. Learn the insider’s history of the ‘father of Lowcountry Black Classic Music,’ as well as some background on the quintet compositions that he has created in homage and further insights into the cultural and historical relevance of his family’s imprint on classical music via Charlestonia, perhaps one of the greatest musical tributes to Charleston.
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Masterworks II: Colour of Music Festival Virtuosi Finale
Virtuosi & Concerti
Jean Montes, guest conductor
Ronnal Ford, oboe soloist
Leland Greene, oboe soloist
Kenneth Law, cello soloist
Adrienne Taylor, cello soloist
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531
I. Allegro (moderato)
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto for Two Oboes in D minor, RV 535
I. Largo
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro molto
Nimrod Borenstein (b.1969)
In the Night op.48, for String Orchestra - U.S. Premier
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Transfigured Night Op.4, For String Orchestra
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Literary Spotlight: Maestro Dean Dixon
Maestro Abroad Negro at Home: The Dean Dixon Story―America’s first Black superstar conductor who fled to Europe for an international conducting career based in Germany.
Presented by Christopher Brooks and Rufus Jones, Jr.
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Masterworks I: Colour of Music Festival Virtuosi
An Ode to Le Chevalier de Saint Georges - The Elder Mozart
Jean Montes, guest conductor
Marsha Thompson, soprano
Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin
Basil Vendryes, viola
Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)
Symphony No.1 in G Major
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro Assai
Aria: Son amour, Op 7 No. 1 adagio
(from: Sugar L’Amant anonyme)
Arr: Charlotta Huldt
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.4 No. 2
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondeau
- INTERMISSION -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sinfonia concertante in E-flat-Major
for violin and viola, KV 364 – 33
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante
III. Presto
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Piano Spotlight: Elizabeth Hill & Leonard Hayes
Featuring Elizabeth Hill and Leonard Hayes
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Etude-Tableaux in G minor, Op. 33, No. 8
Etude-Tableaux in C minor, Op. 39, No. 1
William Grant Still (1885-1978)
Three Visions
I. Dark Horsemen
II. Summer land
III. Radiant Pinnacle
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
“En bateau” from Petite suite, L. 65
George Walker (1922 – 2018)
Piano Sonata No. 2
I. Adagio non troppo
II. Presto
III. Adagio
IV. Allegretto Tranquillo
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Intermezzo No. 1 in E flat Major, Op. 117
Ellis Marsalis (1934-2020)
Fourth Autumn
Margaret Bonds (1913 – 1972)
Troubled Water
Coleridge Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Toccata
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
“En bateau” from Petite suite, L. 65
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Chamber Music II: From Duos to Cello Quartet
Works by Antonín Dvořák, Zoltán Kodály, Maxence Grimbert-Barré, and Astor Piazzolla
Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin
James Keene, violin
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin
Keith Lawrence, viola
Kenneth Law, cello
Adrienne Taylor, cello
Aaron Stokes, cello
Boubacar Diallo, cello
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 12, Op.96 “American Quartet”
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Lento
III. Molto vivace
IV. Finale: vivace ma non tropp
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7
I. Allegro serioso, non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento; presto
Maxence Grimbert-Barré (b. 1996)
Cello Quartet
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Cello Quartet: Foue miniatures pour 4 cello Op. 26
Oblivion
Arr. Patricio. Villarejo
Fuga y Misterio
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Voice Recital II: Marsha Thompson & Elizabeth Hill
Vocal recital featuring Marsha Thompson, soprano and Elizabeth Hill, pianist.
BAROQUE
Giulio Caccini (1551 – 1618)
Amarilli, mia bella
JS Bach (1685 – 1750)
Bist du bei mir
CLASSICAL
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Porgi amor - “Le Nozze di Figaro”
Ludwig van. Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Ich liebe dich
ROMANTIC
Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)
Mandoline
Léo Delibes (1836 – 1891)
Chant de l’almée
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943)
Spring Waters
MODERN (African American Composers)
John Wesley Work, Jr. (1871 – 1925)
Soliloqui
Margaret Bonds (1871 – 1925)
Hold The Wind
William Grant Still (1895 – 1978)
O Bob Can’t I Make You Understand “HWY 1”
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Chamber Music I: String Quintet
Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolò Paganini, and Antonín Dvořák
Adam Eccleston, flute
Christian Lampkin, flute
Marsha Thompson, soprano
Camron Gray, tenor
Elizabeth G. Hill, piano
Leonard Hayes, piano
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin
James Keene, violin
Basil Vendryes, viola
Kenneth Law, cello
Matthew Jamal, double bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
The Magic Flute (Zauberflöte)
Arr. For Flute and Piano
Niccolò Paganini (1802-1817)
Arr. Gergely Ittzés for Flute
Caprice No. 24 Opus 1
Charles Francis Gounod (1818-1890)
“Ah, leve-toi soleil!"
(from Roméo et Juliette)
Gary Schocker (b. 1959)
Three Dances for Two Flutes
I. Easy Going
III. Coffee Nerves (Prestissimo)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Arr. Louis Gallet
Élégie for soprano, cello & piano
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77
I. Allegro con fuoco
II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
III. Poco andante
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Voice Recital I: Camron Gray & Leonard Hayes
Works by Fernando Lopes-Graça, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, and Adolphus Hailstork
Camron Gray, tenor
Leonard Hayes, pianist
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Morire?
Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
“È la solita storia del pastore” from L’Arlesiana
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Op. 27 Vier Lieder
1. Ruhe, meine Seele!
2. Cäcilie
3. Heimliche Aufforderung
4. Morgen!
Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
El Combat del Somni
1. Damunt de tu només les flors
2. Jo et pressentia com la mar
3. Fes-me la vida transparent
Pause
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
(Paul Laurence Dunbar)
4 Romantic Love Songs
My Heart To Thy Heart
Invitation to Love
Longing
Good-Night
Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
Give me Jesus
Walk Together Children
Jacqueline Hairston (b. 1932)
This Little Light of Mine
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
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