Harmonies of Heritage: Coleridge-Taylor, Price, & Dvořák

Embark on a musical odyssey with GRAMMY Award-winning conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. In this enchanting afternoon, delight in groundbreaking works by luminaries Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Florence Price, harmoniously paired with Antonín Dvořák‘s pastoral Symphony No. 8.

Experience the emotional depths of Coleridge-Taylor’s lively, rhapsodic, unabashedly Romantic work—a milestone for the prolific 22-year-old composer. Price’s Symphony No. 1 follows, a historic marvel seamlessly blending classical idioms with African American spirituals and blues. Conclude the performance with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, a sun-dappled masterpiece radiating joyous optimism, evoking the Bohemian countryside’s rolling green hills and rustic folk melodies.

Program

SPECIAL THANKS
Curtis Symphony Orchestra’s performance at David Geffen Hall is generously underwritten by the alumni of Curtis Institute of Music:

Teddy Abrams, Benjamin Beilman, Blair Bollinger, J’Nai Bridges, Michelle Cann, Dukju Kim Chang, Mary Lou Falcone, Avery Gagliano, Richard Goode, Daniel Heifetz and Janne Heifetz, William A. Horn, M.D., Bella Hristova and David Serkin Ludwig, Marsha Hunter, Andrew Jacobs, Erin Keefe, Young Uck Kim, Kyu Yeon Kim, Elissa Koljonen and Roberto Díaz, Kyung Sook Lee, Michele Levin, Daniel Matsukawa, Robert McDonald, Anthony McGill, Demarre McGill, Sandra Miller, Alan Morrison, Zina Schiff, Jane Shaulis and Joseph Gasperec, David Shifrin, RobertSpano, Lawrence Tarlow, Yuja Wang, Peter Wiley, and Amy Yang.

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