ASO’s performance of Blues Symphony to be broadcast on Monday, January 18th
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform the 18th annual musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, “A King Celebration” on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. The performance, commemorating the life and work of the celebrated civil rights leader, will take place in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel of Morehouse College, the alma mater of Dr. King. The program will feature movements II, III, IV, V and VI of Wynton Marsalis’s Blues Symphony; Part I of Slavery Documents by Donald Sur; Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, and the traditional “We Shall Overcome.” The concert will be broadcast to nearly 250 radio stations across the country on American Public Media’s Performance Today, hosted by Fred Child, on Monday, January 18, 2010. For station information and broadcast times, please visit performancetoday.publicradio.org
Jon said
on January 14, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
Thought anyone who’s going to this might like to know that the ASO is only performing selected movements from the symphony and not the entire thing, according to a press person from the ASO: http://tinyurl.com/ycbbcpe
Cfanforever said
on January 14, 2010 @ 5:43 pm
All the best!!!!!!!!
Blow up some steam……then deep breath……and enjoy the premiere!.
God bless you.
C.
C. said
on January 14, 2010 @ 7:47 pm
And concerning preciseness….. let me say, of course with due respect,that good cooking takes time…..and when needed…I prefer some well cooked appetizers, as a preface of things to come, than a whole bunch of fast food.
Well, just my opinion.
Just C.
Bill Cosby said
on February 7, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
Like brother Wynton, Marsalis’ reach extends far beyond the loosely constructed bounds of jazz, casting him as a transcendent musical personality.