About this concert
Under the direction of Antony Hermus, we are performing works by Black American composers. The renowned trumpet player and composer Wynton Marsalis has made a career combining jazz and classical music. In his Trumpet Concerto, we hear a trumpeting elephant, references to the French Baroque style, the blues, Louis Armstrong, the European-Jewish trumpet tradition and much more. The soloist is our very own principal trumpet player Miro Petkov. The wonderful bass-baritone Davóne Tines will sings several spirituals as well as Ol' Man River , composed by Jerome Kern 100 years ago for the musical Show Boat .
We'll also be performing the Dutch premiere of Pulse by the young American composer Brian Raphael Nabors and William Dawson’s expressive Negro Folk Symphony , which was a smashing success the first time it was performed in 1934. Along with similarly lauded works by William Grant Still and Florence Price in those years, the work seemed to herald a more inclusive period for classical music, a change which ultimately failed to materialise. Unfortunately, Dawson would write no more symphonies.
In his Trumpet Concerto, we hear a trumpeting elephant, references to the French Baroque style, the blues, Louis Armstrong, the European-Jewish trumpet tradition and much more.
