Leslie B. Dunner, Conductor

Clayton Stephenson, Piano

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

Symphony No.1 in G Major
   I. Allegro Presto (excerpt)

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Rhapsodic Overture  

Charlestonia: Folk Rhapsody 

(Original Composition – Charleston Premiere)

~Intermission~

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Rhapsody in Blue

Romuald Grimbert-Barre, Violin

Ashley Horne, Violin

Caleb Georges, Viola

Kenneth Law, Cello

Kyle P. Walker, Piano 

Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

Tequesta Song for Piano Quartet

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 1

I. Allegro con Moto
II.  Larghetto
III.  Scherzo-trio
IV.  Allegro Molto

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Piano Quintet, Op.44

I. Allegro brillante
II. In modo d'una marcia, un poco largamente
III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Christopher Brooks, PhD and Dame Shirley J. Thompson, OBE

Exploring the extraordinary career of a Black British Classical Luminary: Dame Shirley J. Thompson, OBE

    I.         Violinist and musician

     II.         Life as a composer

   III.         King Charles Commission

   IV.         Breaking barriers as conductor

    V.         Self-producing artist

Brandon Keith Brown, conductor

Rebecca L. Hargrave, soprano

The Grey Land - Mono Opera

Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. (b. 1967)

(Excerpts)

Movement 1. Ferguson: Summer of 2014

Words By Isaac Butler

Movement 4. One Side Losing Slowly

Word by Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.

Movement 6. Don’t (Aria)

            Words by Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.

Movement 11. Liberty Bell

            Words by Sonia Sotomayer

Movement 13. Streets of Sighs

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Soloist & Conductor

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor 

“Souvenir de Florence” (Movement I) 

Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

Semplice Sempre For Strings

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Deep River 

Arr. Shirley J. Thompson

Stephan Koncz (b. 1984)

A New Satisfaction (Gymnopédie No. 1)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Clair de lune 

Arr. Stephan Koncz

Kenji Bunch (b.1973) 

String Circle: I. Lowdown

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Primavera Porteño

Colour of Music Festival Piano Recital 

Kyle P. Walker, Pianist

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Etude in A-flat (Aeolian Harp) Op. 25 No. 1

Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

From the Southland

I. Through Moanin' Pines

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875- 1912) 

Three-Fours Op. 71

I.    Allegro molto

II.   Andante 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)    

Seven Variations on “God Save The King,” Wo078    



Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)

Troubled Water from Spiritual Sketches

Colour of Music Festival Vocal Recital 

Rebecca L. Hargrove, Soprano

Kyle P. Walker, Pianist

A Harlem Renaissance Recital

Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)

Harlem Night Song

Joy

My People

Dream Variations Set

Dream Variations

Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)

Minstrel Man

Richard Thompson (b. 1954)

Negro Speaks of Rivers  

I Too, Sing America 

~pause~

David N. Baker (b. 1970)

A Good Assassination Should be Quiet

Status Symbol

Florence B. Price (1886-1953)

Hold Fast to Dreams

Michael L. Jorgensen, Violin

Elizabeth G. Hill, Piano

Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint Georges (1745 – 1799)

Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Sonata in B-flat Major

I.               Allegro

II.             Tempo di Minuetto

Sonata in A Major

            I.Allegro moderato   

            II.Andantino

Sonata in G Minor

            I.Allegro   

            II.Rondeau gracioso

~Pause~

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Seven Traceries for Solo Piano

I. Cloud Cradles
II. Mystic Pool
III. Muted Laughter
IV. Out of the Silence
V. Woven Silver
VI. Wailing Dawn
VII. A Bit of Wit

Jessie Montgomery (b.1981)

Peace for Violin and Piano

Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

Fantasie No. 1 in G Minor for Violin and Piano

Colour of Music Festival Orchestra 

Leslie B. Dunner, Guest Conductor

Angela Brown, Soprano

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin

Kenneth Law, Cello

Leonard O. Hayes, Piano

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

Symphony No.1 in G Major                         

1. Allegro Presto

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

Act II, Scene I: Aria from L’Amant Anonyme

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)               

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

1. Allegro molto appassioinato

2. Andante

3. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

- Intermission -

Ludwig van Beethoven (1833-1897)                     

Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano, in C Major, Op. 56  

1. Allegro

2. Largo (attacca)

3. Rondo alla (polacca)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Impromptu in F Major, Op. 78, No. 1

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)

Prière, Op. 37, No. 3

César Franck (1822-1890)

Pièce Héroîque

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)

Adagio and Fugue in F Minor (1999)

Ralph Simpson (b. 1933)

Two Spirituals

Jacob's Ladder

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Fela Sowande (1905-1987)

Yoruba Lament

Florence Price (1887-1953)

First Sonata for Organ (1927)

I. Introduction-Allegro

II. Andantino

III. Finale

Edward E. Callahan, Piano

Leonard O. Hayes, Piano

Angela Brown, Soprano

Kenneth Law, Cello

Basil Vendryes, Viola

Sean Daniels, Marimba

Jules Massenet (1842-1912) 

Élégie for soprano, cello & piano 

Nkeiru Okoye (b. 1972)

Cerise’s Story from When the Caged Bird Sings 

Charles Knox (b.1929)

Music for Viola & Percussion

Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929-1997)

Concertino for Xylophone

I. Allegro with piano Accompaniment

II. Adagietto

III. Presto

Sean Daniels (b.1966)

Dawne For Marimba

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin and Conductor

VIOLIN I

Chenoa Murphy

Alberta Douglas

Kimberly Simpkins

Megan Jenifer-Harris

LaTannia Ellerbe

VIOLIN II

Sylvia de la Cerna

Sheyna Burt

LaToya Patterson

Theresa Fox

VIOLA

Alexandra D’Amico

Diane Phoenix Neal

Caroline Jones

Priscille Michel

CELLO

Adrienne Taylor

Rahel Lulseged

Cl’erida Eltime

BASS

Naomi Sarchendt

Sophia Scarano

KEYBOARD

Theresa Keene

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor

“Souvenir de Florence” (Movement I)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315

"Winter" (L'inverno)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Deep River

Arr. Shirley J. Thompson

Stephan Koncz (b. 1984)

A New Satisfaction (Gymnopédie No. 1)

Kenji Bunch (b.1973) 


String Circle: I. Lowdown

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Primavera Porteño

Edward E. Callahan, Piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (Well Tempered Clavier, Book II)

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Fantasy in F Minor (Opus 49)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Gaspard de la nuit

I. Ondine

Joseph Joubert

His Eye is On The Sparrow

- Pause -

Angela M. Brown, Soprano and Edward E. Callahan, Accompanist

Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)

Selections from A Woman's Life

I.  Little Girl Speakings

II. Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All

III. They Went Home

IV. Come. And Be My Baby

Daniel Schnyder (b. 1961)

My Boy from Charlie Parker's Yardbird

Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)

Three Prayers from Margaret Garner

Ease Yourselves

He Is By

Epilogue

Segment I

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Ashley D. Horne, Violin

Basil Vendryes, Alexandra D’Amico, Viola

Kenneth Law, Anthony De Peña, Cello

Segment II

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

Basil Vendryes, Alexandra D’Amico, Viola

Kenneth Law, Anthony De Peña, Cello

Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

Semplice Sempre for String Sextet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

String Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola in G Major, KV 423

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Rondeau. Allegro

- Pause -

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)


Reverie Phantasy

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir de Florence,” Op. 70

I. Allegro con spirito

II. Adagio cantabile e con moto

III. Allegretto moderato

IV. Allegro con brio e vivace

One of two spotlight performances opening the Colour of Music Festival’s 2023 Sacramento residency.

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

Ashley D. Horne, Violin

Keith Lawrence, Viola

Anthony De Peña, Cello

Coleridge Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)

String Quartet No. 1, “Calvary”

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegro Vivace

Shirley J. Thompson (b. 1958)

String Quartet No.1

I. Meno Mosso

Il. Espressivo

Ill. Attacca

IV. Charisimo

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

String Quartet No. 12, in F major, Op.96

“American Quartet”

I. Allegro ma non troppo

II. Lento

III. Molto vivace

IV. Finale: vivace ma non tropp

VIOLIN

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport

Romuald Grimbert-Barré

James Keene

Michael L. Jorgensen

VIOLA

Basil Vendryes

Alexandra D'Amico

CELLO

Nathaniel P. Taylor

Boubacar Diallo

FLUTE

Meghan Bennett

PIANO

Leonard O. Hayes

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1945)  

His Song  

Coleridge Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)

Toccata for Solo Piano  

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)

D’ un matin de printemps       

William Grant Still (1895-1978)     

Arr. Alexa Still

Songs

If You Should Go

Song for the Lonely

Bayou Home

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926) 

Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe

Negro Symphonie Dramatique

(Movements IV Parts 3 & 4)

José White Lafitte (1836-1918)

La Bella Cubana

- Pause –  

Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)

Umoja   

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)      

String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 2

I.          Allegro moderato ma con fuoco

II.        Andante

III.       Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo

IV.        Presto

Violin: Anyango Yarbo-Davenport | James Keene

Viola: Jerome McCoy | Alexandra D’Amico

Cello: Nathaniel Taylor | Rahel Lulseged

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 “American Quartet”

I. Allegro ma non troppo

II. Lento

III. Molto vivace

IV. Finale: vivace ma non tropp

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Reverie Fantasy

Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence," Op. 70

I. Allegro con spirito

II. Adagio cantabile e con moto

III. Allegretto moderato

IV. Allegro con brio e vivace

Violin: Anyango Yarbo-Davenport | James Keene

Viola: Jerome McCoy | Alexandra D’Amico

Cello: Nathaniel Taylor | Rahel Lulseged

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 “American Quartet”

I. Allegro ma non troppo

IV.  Finale: vivace ma non troppo

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Negro Symphony

(Movements IV Parts 3&4)

Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Reverie Fantasy
Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence," Op. 70

I. Allegro con spirito

IV. Allegro con brio e vivace

Jean Montes, guest conductor

Ronnal Ford, oboe soloist

Leland Greene, oboe soloist

Kenneth Law, cello soloist

Adrienne Taylor, cello soloist

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)

Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531

I. Allegro (moderato)

II. Largo

III. Allegro

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)

Concerto for Two Oboes in D minor, RV 535

I. Largo

II. Allegro

III. Largo

IV. Allegro molto

Nimrod Borenstein (b.1969)

In the Night op.48, for String Orchestra - U.S. Premier

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

Transfigured Night Op.4, For String Orchestra

Jean Montes, guest conductor

Marsha Thompson, soprano 

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin

Basil Vendryes, viola

Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

Symphony No.1 in G Major

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Allegro Assai

Aria: Son amour, Op 7 No. 1 adagio

(from: Sugar L’Amant anonyme)

Arr: Charlotta Huldt

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.4 No. 2

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Rondeau

- INTERMISSION -

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Sinfonia concertante in E-flat-Major

for violin and viola, KV 364 – 33

I. Allegro maestoso

II. Andante

III. Presto

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Etude-Tableaux in G minor, Op. 33, No. 8

Etude-Tableaux in C minor, Op. 39, No. 1

William Grant Still (1885-1978)

Three Visions

I. Dark Horsemen

II. Summer land

III. Radiant Pinnacle

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

“En bateau” from Petite suite, L. 65

George Walker (1922 – 2018)

Piano Sonata No. 2

I. Adagio non troppo

II. Presto

III. Adagio

IV. Allegretto Tranquillo

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Intermezzo No. 1 in E flat Major, Op. 117

Ellis Marsalis (1934-2020)

Fourth Autumn

Margaret Bonds (1913 – 1972)

Troubled Water

Coleridge Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)

Toccata

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

“En bateau” from Petite suite, L. 65

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin

James Keene, violin

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin

Keith Lawrence, viola

Kenneth Law, cello

Adrienne Taylor, cello

Aaron Stokes, cello

Boubacar Diallo, cello

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) 

String Quartet No. 12, Op.96 “American Quartet”

   I. Allegro ma non troppo

   II. Lento

   III. Molto vivace

   IV. Finale: vivace ma non tropp

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7 

I. Allegro serioso, non troppo

  II. Adagio

  III. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento; presto

Maxence Grimbert-Barré (b. 1996)

Cello Quartet 

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Cello Quartet: Foue miniatures pour 4 cello Op. 26

Oblivion

Arr. Patricio. Villarejo

Fuga y Misterio

BAROQUE

Giulio Caccini (1551 – 1618)

Amarilli, mia bella

JS Bach (1685 – 1750)

Bist du bei mir

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Porgi amor - “Le Nozze di Figaro”

Ludwig van. Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Ich liebe dich

ROMANTIC

Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)

Mandoline

Léo Delibes (1836 – 1891)

Chant de l’almée

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943)

Spring Waters

MODERN (African American Composers)

John Wesley Work, Jr. (1871 – 1925)

Soliloqui

Margaret Bonds (1871 – 1925)

Hold The Wind

William Grant Still (1895 – 1978)

O Bob Can’t I Make You Understand “HWY 1”

Adam Eccleston, flute

Christian Lampkin, flute

Marsha Thompson, soprano

Camron Gray, tenor

Elizabeth G. Hill, piano

Leonard Hayes, piano

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin

James Keene, violin

Basil Vendryes, viola

Kenneth Law, cello

Matthew Jamal, double bass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

The Magic Flute (Zauberflöte)

Arr. For Flute and Piano

Niccolò Paganini (1802-1817)

Arr. Gergely Ittzés for Flute
Caprice No. 24 Opus 1

Charles Francis Gounod (1818-1890)

“Ah, leve-toi soleil!"

(from Roméo et Juliette)

Gary Schocker (b. 1959)

Three Dances for Two Flutes

I. Easy Going

III. Coffee Nerves (Prestissimo)

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

Arr. Louis Gallet

Élégie for soprano, cello & piano 

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77

I. Allegro con fuoco

II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

III. Poco andante

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Morire? 

Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)

“È la solita storia del pastore” from L’Arlesiana ​​​           

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Op. 27 Vier Lieder ​​​​​​​ ​

1. Ruhe, meine Seele!

2. Cäcilie

3. Heimliche Aufforderung

4. Morgen!

Federico Mompou (1893-1987)

El Combat del Somni ​​         ​​​​​         

1. Damunt de tu només les flors

2. Jo et pressentia com la mar 

3. Fes-me la vida transparent

Pause 

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
(Paul Laurence Dunbar)

4 Romantic Love Songs ​​​​​            

My Heart To Thy Heart

Invitation to Love

Longing

Good-Night

Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

 Give me Jesus ​​​​​​              

Walk Together Children

Jacqueline Hairston (b. 1932)

This Little Light of Mine 

Brandon Keith Brown, Guest Conductor

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)

Ballade in A minor, Op. 33


Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

The Oak

- Intermission -

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Violin Concerto in D major Op.77

I. Allegro non troppo (D major)
II. Adagio (F major)
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace – Poco più presto (D major)