“The Jazz Age”
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Suite
William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony (No. 1)
Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige
Calvin Custer: A Salute to the Big Bands
Pre-concert talk with Conductor Devin Patrick Hughes at 6:45 p.m.
Learn more at https://www.arapahoe-phil.org/event/concert-4-the-jazz-age/
Double your pleasure in these concerts featuring works for double and expanded chorus, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor for double chorus, and Thomas Tallis’ monumental motet “Spem in Alium,” written for 40 individual voice parts. Experience it in surround sound with us!
Double your pleasure in these concerts featuring works for double and expanded chorus, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor for double chorus, and Thomas Tallis’ monumental motet “Spem in Alium,” written for 40 individual voice parts. Experience it in surround sound with us!
“Apotheosis of the Dance”
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Jack Frerer: World Premiere Commission
Winner of the T. Gordon Parks Concerto Competition
Pre-concert talk with Conductor Devin Patrick Hughes at 6:45 p.m.
Learn more at https://www.arapahoe-phil.org/event/concert-5-apotheosis-of-the-dance/
“Danza Final”
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
Alberto Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
Florence Price: Dances in the Canebrakes
Johannes Brahms: Select Hungarian Dances
Camille Saint-Saens: Bacchanale, from Samson and Delilah
Pre-concert talk with Conductor Devin Patrick Hughes at 6:45 p.m.
Learn more at https://www.arapahoe-phil.org/event/concert-6-danza-final/
Contemporary women composers hold the spotlight in our final concert of the season. Vox Femina (the female voice) features some of the most creative and active composers working today. “Night Flight” for choir and cello was written by Cecilia McDowall to mark the centenary of Harriet Quimby’s pioneering flight across the English Channel. Ysaÿe
Barnwell (of Sweet Honey in the Rock) sets her popular “Wanting Memories” for unaccompanied choir. “Panda Chant” is a section from The Games: A Science Fiction Opera by Meredith Monk, who is considered a pioneer in extended vocal technique and interdisciplinary performance. We are also excited to premiere a new work by Jocelyn Hagen, commissioned by Kantorei for these concerts.