Music Northwest: American Song (on-demand)
$18 ($16 senior)
Florence Price — Sympathy
Florence Price — Song to the Dark Virgin
Jerrell Gray — Serenity Prayer
Aaron Copland — "At the River" from Old American Songs
Aaron Copland — "Simple Gifts" from Appalachian Spring
Ibidunni Ojikutu, soprano
Jane Harty, piano
Clement Reid – Poems by Phillis Wheatley (world premiere)
Aaron Copland – "Simple Gifts" from Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland – "At the River" from Old American Songs
Florence Price – Sympathy
Florence Price – Song to the Dark Virgin
Jerrell Gray – Serenity Prayer
Music Northwest presents the World Premiere of Northwest composer Clement Reid's Poems by Phillis Wheatley; Included in this virtual program are songs by Copland: "Simple Gifts" from Appalachian Spring and "At the River" from Old American Songs; as well as African-American composers Florence B. Price: Sympathy and Song to the Dark Virgin with text by Langston Hughes; and Jerrell Gray: Serenity Prayer with text by Reinhold Niebuhr. This project is an online art video recording to view at your leisure.
The broadcast will become available at 7pm Pacific.
Broadcast link will be sent with purchase of a ticket.
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