Gateways Chamber Players: A Fiddler's Tale

Gateways Chamber Players and Fortas Chamber Music Concerts
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
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Igor Stravinsky — Suite from L'Histoire du soldat ("The Soldier's Tale")
Wynton Marsalis — A Fiddler's Tale Suite

An all-star lineup of leading musicians comes together to perform two iconic works: Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale Suite and Wynton Marsalis' A Fiddler's Tale. Written with novelist C.F. Ramuz as a work that could be produced easily and economically during World War I, Stravinsky's suite tells of a soldier who deals with the devil, rising to fame and fortune, but crumbling when the devil returns to reclaim his soul. Created as a response to The Soldier's Tale Suite, Marsalis' A Fiddler's Tale brings the story into the present and into his own sound world, pulling in elements of jazz, blues, ragtime, and more. All members of the Gateways Music Festival, this special ensemble includes members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Imani Winds, The Phoenix Symphony, and more.

About Gateways Chamber Players

https://www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org/about-the-gateways-chamber-players

About Fortas Chamber Music Concerts

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/festivals-series/fortas-series-page/

About Alex Laing, clarinet

https://www.alexlaingmusic.com/

About Monica Ellis, bassoon

https://www.msmnyc.edu/faculty/monica-ellis/

About Billy R. Hunter, Jr., trumpet

https://www.metorchestramusicians.org/portfolio/billy-r-hunter-jr-principal-trumpet/

About Weston Sprott, trombone

https://www.westonsprott.com/

About Wesley Sumpter, percussion

https://www.wesblakemusic.com/

About Tai Murray, violn

http://www.taimurray.com

About Patricia Weitzel, double bass

https://arts.psu.edu/faculty/patricia-weitzel/

About Phylicia Rashad, narrator

Phylicia Rashad is an American actress. She is dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University and best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show which earned her Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth Lucas on Cosby.

https://www.instagram.com/phyliciarashad/?hl=en

About Damien Sneed, conductor

https://www.damiensneed.com/

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Concert BIPOC composers Black composers Chamber music Contemporary (1945+) Modern period (1900-1945) Bassoon Brass Clarinet Double bass Percussion Septet Strings Trombone Trumpet Violin Winds Woodwinds

Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

2700 F St NW
Washington, DC 20566
United States

https://www.kennedy-center.org/rentals/theater-rentals/terrace-theater/