Join us for a program featuring three under- appreciated composers whose works are finally receiving the attention they deserve.

 

♪ Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lovely Idyll sets a reflective and poetic tone with its tender melodies and pastoral elegance.

♪ Fanny Mendelssohn’s dramatic cantata, Hero und Leander, weaves a tragic Greek myth into music of passion and vivid orchestration.

♪ Florence Price’s groundbreaking Symphony No. 1 blends classical forms with African American spirituals and folk rhythms creating an iconic 20th century American masterpiece. 

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Come celebrate the breadth of orchestral music and its enduring power to surprise, delight, and move the human spirit!