Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

String Quartet, No. 15 Op. 132

String Arrangement for orchestra, Camerata Nordic

I. Molto adagio

Joseph Bologne le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) 

Symphony No.1 in G Major

I. Allegro Presto

Joseph Bologne, 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

I. Allegro molto appassioinato

II. ​Andante

III. ​Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

              --INTERMISSION--

John C. Wineglass (b. 1972)

Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked

I.​ The Middle Passage: Uprooted

II.​ Tones of the Rice Fields

III. ​Lament For Lost Souls

from CASOP: Requiem For Rice, Mvmt I

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

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 31

Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)

Red Clay and Mississippi Delta Wind Quintet

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

Quartet no. 4 in C minor op. 1

I. Allegro Moderato

II. Rondo

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)

String Quartet No. 1 “Calvary”

Excerpt of Mvmt III. Rondo: Allegro vivace

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Reverie Phantasy

Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Souvenir de Florence

I. Allegro con spirito

IV. Allegro con brio e vivace

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

- Nocturne Opus 9. No. 1 in B Flat Minor

- Etude Op 10. No.9 in F Minor 

- Etude Opus 10. No. 4 in C- Sharp Minor

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Gaspard de la Nuit, M.55: 
I. Ondine

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)

Étude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12

Joseph Joubert (b. 1958)

Traditional, His Eye is on the Sparrow 

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 

Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos, RV 531

I. Allegro (moderato)

II. Largo

III. Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20.

I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco 

II. Andante 

III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo 

IV. Presto 

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)

Toccata on “Veni Emmanuel” (1983)

Fela Swowande (1905-1987)

Pastourelle

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)

Three Pieces, Op. 29

​Prélude

​Cantilène

​Scherzando de Concert

Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

Variations on a Folksong (Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells)

Edmund T. Jenkins (1894-1926)

Prélude Religieux

M. Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)

Etude Symphonique, Op. 78

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Dover Beach, for Voice and String Quartet 

Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)

Cold Song Arr. for Bassoon and Piano

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Libertango Arr. For Bassoon and Piano 

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 31

Édouard Du Puy (1770-1822)

Quintet in A Minor for Bassoon and String Quintet: 
III. Rondo

Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)

Red Clay and Mississippi Delta Wind Quintet

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

Sonata For Two Violins in B-flat Major

I. Allegro

II. Aria con Variatione

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

Quartet no. 4 in C minor op. 1

I. Allegro Moderato

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major, KV 452

I. Largo - Allegro moderato

II. Larghetto

III. Rondo. Allegretto 

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

I. Allegro brillante

II.  In Modo d'una Marcia. Un poco largamente 

III. Scherzo. Molto vivace - Trio 1 & 2 

IV. Allegro, ma non troppo

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Les Soirées des Nazelles 

Préambule

Cadence

I. Le comble de la distinction

II. Le cœur sur la main

III. La désinvolture et la discrétion

IV. La suite dans les idées

V. Le charme enjôleur

VI. Le contentement de soi

VII. Le goût du malheur

VIII. L'alerte vieillesse

Cadence

Final

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Variations sérieuses, Op. 54

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)

Five Friends: Suite for Piano

I. Ann

II. Billie

III. Sissy

IV. David

V. Betty

Florence Price (1887-1953)

Dances in the Canebrakes: Silk Hat and Walking Cane

Florence Price (1887-1953)

Three Negro Spirituals arr. piano and clarinet/oboe

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 

    i.     Vivace in   

    ii.    Largo ma non tanto  

  III.    Allegro in  

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20.

    I.    Allegro moderato ma con fuoco 

    II.    Andante 

    III.   Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo 

    IV.   Presto 

I

George Fredric Handel (1685-1759)

Honor and arms (Samson, HWV 57)
Leave me, loathsome light (Semele, HWV 58)

II

Johannes Brahms (1833-1887)
Vier ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs), Op.121

Denn es gehet dem Menschen
(For it happens to Man as to the beast)

Ich wandte mich, und sahe an alle
(I turned and looked at all)

O Tod, wie bitter bist du
(O death, how bitter you are)

Wenn ich mit Menschen
(Even if I spoke with the tongues of men)

III

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Old American Songs

Simple gifts (Shaker song)
Ching-a-Ring Chaw (Minstrel song)
Long time ago (Ballad)
I bought me a cat (Children’s song)
At the river (Hymn tune)

IV

Hall Johnson (1888-1970)

Honor, Honor

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

Come Sunday   

Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)

He’s got the whole world in his hands

Violin: Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Romuald Grimbert-Barré, James Keene, EdKelly Sanford

Viola: Keith Lawrence, Alexandra D’Amico, Ryellen Joaquim

Cello: Kenneth Law, Boubacar Diallo

Double Bass: Jacqueline Pickett

Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
UMOJA

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite op.40
{Excerpts}
i. Praeludium 
ii. Air
iii. Rigaudon

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)
Arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe
Reverie Fantasy for Violin and Strings

Julia A. Perry (1924-1979)
Prelude for Strings

Kenji Bunch (b. 1973)
 “String Circle”
1. Lowdown

Jose Lafitte White (1835-1918)  
La Bella Cubana

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043  
I. Vivace in D minor 
II. Largo ma non tanto in F major
III. Allegro in D minor

Violin: Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Romuald Grimbert-Barré, James Keene, EdKelly Sanford

Viola: Keith Lawrence, Alexandra D’Amico, Ryellen Joaquim

Cello: Kenneth Law, Boubacar Diallo

Double Bass: Jacqueline Pickett

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 
i. Vivace in D minor 
ii. Largo ma non tanto in F major
iii. Allegro in D minor

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos, RV 531
I. Allegro (moderato)
II. Largo
III. Allegro 

Kenji Bunch (b. 1973)
“String Circle”
  1. Lowdown 

Jose Lafitte White (1835-1918)  
La Bella Cubana

Julia A. Perry (1924-1979)
Prelude for Strings 

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite op.40

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
String Quartet No. 1, ‘Calvary’
III. Rondo: Allegro vivace

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Arr. Stephen Koncz
Satiesfaction (Gymnopédie No. 1)

Violin: Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Romuald Grimbert-Barré, James Keene, EdKelly Sanford

Viola: Keith Lawrence, Alexandra D’Amico, Ryellen Joaquim

Cello: Kenneth Law, Boubacar Diallo

Double Bass: Jacqueline Pickett

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) 
Holberg Suite op.40  
I. Praeludium  
II. Sarabande 
III. Gavotte 
IV. Air 
V. Rigaudon 
  
Julia A. Perry (1924-1979) 
Prelude for Strings 
  
Kenji Bunch (b. 1973) 
“String Circle” 
1. Lowdown  
  
George Walker (1922-2018) 
Lyric For Strings  
  
Jose Lafitte White (1835-1918) 
La Bella Cubana 
  
Valerie Coleman (b. 1970) 
UMOJA 
  
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043   
  i. Vivace    
  ii. Largo ma non tanto in   
  iii. Allegro   
 
 

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Conductor and Violin Soloist

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin
James Keene, Violin
Keith Lawrence, Viola
Ryellen Joaquim, Viola
Kenneth Law, Cello
Nathaniel P. Taylor, Cello
Jacqueline Pickett, Double Bass
Mickey Thomas Terry, Organ

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Adagio in G Minor for Strings & Organ

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Deep River For Strings

Arr. Shirley J. Thompson

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)

Sonata da Chiesa

Jessie Montgomery (b.1981)

Strum

Igor Frolov (1937-2013)

Divertimento for Two Violins & Strings

Mickey Terry Thomas, organist

Louis Vierne (1870-1937

Organ Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, op. 20​

I. Allegro Risoluto ma non troppo vivo

Mark Fax (1929-1974)

The Quiet Church ​​​

​​​ 

Noel Da Costa (1929-2022)

Hymn tune Variations on “O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee”​

​ 

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C (BWV- 564)​

​ 

- Pause -

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, op. 65​

I. Allegro moderato e serioso

II. Adagio

III. Andante récit.

IV. Allegro assai vivace

Thomas H. Kerr (1915-1988)

Suite Sebastienne​

VIII. Rêverie for Celestes

Mark A. Miller (b. 1967)

Toccata on ‘Lift Every Voice’

VIOLIN

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport 

Romuald Grimbert-Barré 

James Keene 

VIOLA

Keith Lawrence

Ryellen Joaquim  

CELLO

Kenneth Law  

Nathaniel P. Taylor

DOUBLE BASS

Jacquiline Picket

ORGAN

Mickey Terry Thomas

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, conductor and violin soloist will be joined an ensemble of strings and guest appearance by Mickey Thomas Terry, organist, presenting Tomaso Albinoni Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ, Adolphus Hailstork, Sonata da Chiesa and Jessie Montgomery’s Strum.

Dr. Henry N. Tisdale, Claflin University President Emeritus’ will discuss his newly released book Beyond the Western Wall: Audacious Transformation of a Small Liberal Arts College that explores his comprehensive roadmap for implementing transformational leadership as a strategic tool for institutional change.

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin

Elizabeth Hill, piano

Kenneth Law, cello

Janinah Burnett, soprano

Jules Massenet (1842-1912) 

Arr. Louis Gallet

Élégie for soprano, cello & piano

Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Love Let the Wind Cry... How I Adore Thee  

Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966)

Suite For Unaccompanied Cello

 I.  Preludio-Fantasia

III. Intermezzo e Danza Finale

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Sonata for Violin (Anyango) and Piano   

Frantz Waxman (1906–1967)

Fantasy on Themes from Carmen for Violin & Piano  

Kayden Kelly, pianist

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Piano Suite, Op.71 “Three-Fours” 

I. Allegro Molto

VI. Allegro Assai

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39, in C minor

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
 

1. I. Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water) in D flat major

2. II. Hommage à Rameau (Tribute to Rameau) in G minor

3. III. Mouvement (Movement ) in C major

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Transcendental Étude No. 8 in C minor, "Wilde Jagd" (Wild Hunt) 

VIOLINS

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport

Romuald Grimbert-Barré

James Keene

VIOLAS

Keith Lawrence

Ryellen Joaquim

CELLO

Kenneth Law

Nathaniel P. Taylor

Zoltán Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7, Reinhold Glière, String Sextet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 11, Edmund Thornton Jenkins’ Reverie Phantasy for Sextet

Janinah Burnett, soprano

Elizabeth Hill, pianist

Jasmine Barnes (b. 1991)

Invocation 

Peace 

Carlos Simon (b.1986)

Prayer 

Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Love Let the Wind Cry... How I Adore Thee

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

T. G. T. T. (Too Good to Title)

My Love 

Heaven 

Hall Johnson (1888-1970)

My God is So High

John Carter (1929-1991)

Selections from Cantata

Air: Let Us Break Bread Together

Toccata: Ride on King Jesus

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

James Keene, Violin

Keith Lawrence, Viola

Ryellen Joaquim

Kenneth Law, Cello

Nathaniel P. Taylor

Elizabeth G. Hill, Piano

Zoltán Kodály (1894-1926)

      i.        Allegro serioso, non troppo

     ii.         Adagio - Andante

    iii.         Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto

Reinhold Glière String Sextet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 11.

      i.         Allegro  

     ii.         Larghetto  

    iii.         Allegro  

    iv.         Allegro vivace

Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violin

Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violin

James Keene, Violin

Keith Lawrence, Viola

Kenneth Law, Cello

Elizabeth G. Hill, Piano

Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)

Sonata for Violin and 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

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