Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Sounds From Home [LIVE]
Free (Free)
Florence Price — String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
John Novacek — Rag Set for String Quartet
James Lee III — Chôro sem tristeza ("Lament Without Sadness")
PaviElle French — Requiem for Zula
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 "American"
Chen Yi – Elegy for Solo Oboe (world premiere, SPCO commission)
Cassie Pilgrim, oboe
Florence Price – “Juba” from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Daria Adams, violin
Eunice Kim, violin
David Auerbach, viola
Joshua Koestenbaum, cello
John Novacek – Rag Set for String Quartet
Eunice Kim, violin
Daria Adams, violin
David Auerbach, viola
Joshua Koestenbaum, cello
James Lee lll – Chôro sem tristeza ("I Cry Without Sadness")
Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute
PaviElle French – "Save a Place for Me" from Requiem for Zula (SPCO commission)
PaviElle French, vocals & keyboard
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 "American"
Steven Copes, violin
Nina Tso-Ning Fan, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Julie Albers, cello
This program, rescheduled from this fall, centers around our complex and ever-evolving sense of home. It opens with the world premiere of Elegy for Solo Oboe by composer Chen Yi, who was born in Guangzhou, China and settled in the United States, where she is a Professor of Composition at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The piece was written for and will be performed by Principal Oboe Cassie Pilgrim, whose family hails from the same region of China. The program also features excerpts from Florence Price’s String Quartet No. 2, infused with African American dances and Black idioms of the mid-20th century.
Principal Flute Julia Bogorad-Kogan performs a solo work by James Lee III, inspired by his long relationship with Brazilian music. Composer and musician PaviElle French reprises a movement from A Requiem for Zula, a symphony commissioned and premiered by the SPCO that revisits her upbringing in Saint Paul’s Rondo neighborhood. The program closes with Antonín Dvořák’s "American" String Quartet, a piece written after the composer moved to the United States, that blends Czech influences with popular American music.
The livestream will take place at 8pm Central / 6pm Pacific.
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