Revisiting William Grant Still

Carnegie Hall

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Revisiting William Grant Still

Operas, symphonies, concerti, chamber music, art songs, film scores, popular music—William Grant. Still embraced all of America’s music, and ranks among the greatest American composers.

Rivaled only by Leonard Bernstein in the variety of his output, Still trained and worked with the best of the best in creating the sound of the “American Experience.” Hear three of Still’s momentous and varied works in a single program—Darker America, Symphony No. 2, and Africa.

Featuring Jennifer Rivera, Mezzo-Soprano
Enjoy a pre-concert discussion
75 minutes prior to performance in Avery Fisher Hall.

Concert Notes

Revisiting William Grant Still – Leon Botstein

Rip Van Winkle Overture – Byron Adams, University of California, Riverside

Darker America (1924), Africa (1930),Symphony No. 2 (1937) – Catherine Parsons Smith is the author of William Grant Still (Illinois, 2008); William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions (California, 2000); and Making Music in Los Angeles (California, 2007)

Offrandes – Byron Adams. University of California, Riverside

Symphony No. 2 (Paul Ben-Haim) – Jehoash Hirshberg, Hebrew University. Author of Paul Ben-Haim, his Life and Works (Second edition, IMI, 2009) and Music in the Jewish Community of Palestine 1880 – 1948 – A Social History (Oxford University Press, 1995)

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