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A Symphonic Tribute to Black History Month
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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Symphonic
This season, the VSO features music and performances by black artists from Vancouver, Canada and around the world. In the midst of Black History Month, we gather together a number of these works for a delightful afternoon of music from Coleridge-Taylor, Marsalis, Walker, Montgomery, and Vancouver’s own Dee Daniels. Hosted by VSO Associate Conductor Andrew Crust and special guests Measha Brueggergosman and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser.
Andrew Crust, conductor
Dee Daniels, vocalist
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, guest host
Measha Brueggergosman, guest host
Garfield Wilson, narrator
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four Novelletten: No. 3 – VALSE
David Lakirovich assistant concertmaster
Andrew Crust associate conductor
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Otto Tausk conductor
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
Andrew Crust associate conductor
Wynton Marsalis: Excerpt A Fiddler’s Tale “Up and Down”…The Fiddler’s March
Garfield Wilson narrator
Andrew Crust associate conductor
Bobby Troup: Route 66
eden abhez Nature Boy
Dee Daniels Let Freedom Ring (The Ballad of John Lewis)
Dee Daniels vocalist
Andrew Crust, associate conductor
TRAD. SPRITUAL Over My Head, I Hear Music in the Air
Measha Brueggergosman soprano
Founded in 1919, the Grammy and Juno-award winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is the third largest orchestra in Canada, the largest arts organization in Western Canada, and one of the few orchestras in the world to have its own music school.
Led by Music Director Otto Tausk since 2018, the VSO performs more than 150 concerts each year, throughout Vancouver and the province of British Columbia, reaching over 270,000 people annually. On tour the VSO has performed in the United States, China, Korea and across Canada.
The orchestra presents passionate, high-quality performances of classical, popular and culturally diverse music, creating meaningful engagement with audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
Recent guest artists include Daniil Trifonov, Dawn Upshaw, James Ehnes, Adrianne Pieczonka, Gidon Kremer, Renée Fleming, Yefim Bronfman, Itzhak Perlman, Bernadette Peters, Tan Dun, and more.
For the 2020-21 special season, the VSO may be heard in its new virtual home, TheConcertHall.ca, presented by TELUS.
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