Start date
November
23
2019
11:00 pm
PDT
End date
November
24
2019
1:00 am
PDT
Sounds Unknown: The Black Violin (Pasadena)
Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory (100 N Hill, Pasadena, CA 91106)
Attendance limit: 80
From music by the mythic figure of Chevalier de St. Georges to the premiere of Derrick Spiva’s “As I Heard When I Was Young,” this concert tells the stories of just a few black composers’ and performers’ contributions to classical music. It shows how we -- and even Beethoven -- have erased them from history.
Program:
Chevalier de Saint-Georges: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 9 in a minor, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”)
George Bridgetower: Henry, a Ballad
Wynton Marsalis: String Quartet No. 1, “At the Octoroon Balls”
Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor
Derrick Spiva, Jr.: “As I Heard When I Was Young”
Artists:
Maia Jasper White and Kevin Kumar, co-directors/violins
Meredith Crawford, resident viola
Yoshika Masuda, resident cello
HyeJin Kim, resident piano
Geoff Osika, bass
Brian Lauritzen, resident host/artistic partner
Available Tickets
Advance Purchase | $32.00 |