Detroit Symphony: Classical Roots – Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis [DIGITAL CONCERT]
$12
Kevin Day — Ignition
Damon Dandridge — I Know I’ve Been Changed
Wynton Marsalis — Meeelaan
Igor Stravinsky — Ebony Concerto
Leonard Bernstein — Prelude Fugue and Riffs
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet & conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Michael Ke Ma, bassoon
William Eddins, conductor
J. Rosamond Johnson – Lift Every Voice and Sing
Kevin Day – Ignition
Damon Dandridge – I Know I’ve Been Changed
Wynton Marsalis – Meeelaan for bassoon and strings
Igor Stravinsky – Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band
Leonard Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to perform with the DSO, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and conductor William Eddins. This Classical Roots Celebration concert will feature Marsalis’s own composition Meeelaan featuring DSO Acting Principal Bassoon Michael Ke Ma, Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto for Clarinet and Jazz Band, and Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs. The Brazeal Dennard Chorale and Artistic Director Alice McAllister Tillman will also be featured. Classical Roots honors and celebrates African American composers, musicians, educators, and cultural and civic leaders.
The broadcast will take place at 7:30pm Eastern / 4:30pm Pacific.
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