William Warfield News
American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (1920-2002)
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- United States of America
- opera singer, music teacher
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2024-02-15 04:30:00
Copland Conducts Copland: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (CD Review)
[…] LP to CD) – and the discs themselves replicate the look of the original vinyl LPs. The box also includes a substantial booklet of 67 pages with some notes on the music and a number of photographs from representative moments in Copland’s recording career. Here are the contents of the 20 discs: DISC 1: Concerto for Clarinet, Strings & Harp with Benny Goodman (1950); Piano Quartet; Piano Variations (1930); Nocturne (1928); Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish Theme for Piano Trio; Ukulele Serenade; DISC 2: Old American Songswith William Warfield (1951/53); Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson with Martha Lipton; DISC 3: Appalachian Spring (Ballet for Martha); The Tender Land: Suite; Concerto for Clarinet, Strings & Harp with Benny Goodman (1963); Old American Songs with William Warfield (1962); DISC 5: Piano Concerto; Music for the Theatre (Suite in 5 Parts for Small Orchestra); DISC 6: The Tender Land (Opera in Three Acts); DISC 7: Music for a Great City; Statements for Orchestra; DISC 8:; Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson with Adele Addison; Las Agachadas; In the Beginning; Lark; DISC 9: Piano Quartet; Sextet for Clarinet, Piano […]
2022-02-26 01:01:59
BroadwayWorld.com: Feb. 9 & 11, 2023 "A Celebration of Black Composers" James Lee III, William Grant Still, Adolphus Hailstork, Nkeiru Okoye & Duke Ellington
James Lee III Broadway World Rochester Philharmonic Announces 2022-23 Season by Stephi Wild Feb. 24, 2022 A Celebration of Black Composers RPO Co-Commission by James Lee III, February 9 & 11 In February, the RPO presents a special concert to celebrate the rich history of Black Rochesterians. The concert features James Lee III's "Freedom's Genuine Dawn" (an RPO co-commission) and William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony, which was premiered in Rochester by the RPO in 1931. Also on the program are An American Fanfare by Adolphus Hailstork, who was born in Rochester; the orchestral song cycle Songs of Harriet Tubman by Nkeiru Okoye; and Duke Ellington's The River Suite. Internationally acclaimed Rochester-based soprano Kearstin Piper Brown and dancer, educator, activist, and director of dance at RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf Thomas Warfield join the RPO for this program.
2020-04-16 18:52:00
John Malveaux: Composer Elie Siegmeister's "I HAVE A DREAM" was originally commissioned by Cantor Solomon Mendelson at Temple Beth Sholom
[…] universal brotherhood and the prophetic imperative to struggle for justice (Later works drawing on his Jewish heritage included the operas after Malamud, Angel Levine and Lady of the Lake, premiered by Jewish Opera at the Y, and the String Quartet No. 3 "On Hebrew Themes" which the American Society for Jewish Music will revive June 7. 2009.) "For the world premiere of I HAVE A DREAM with soloist William Warfield in Long Beach, April 16, 1967, a large group of celebrities, including Senators Jacob Javits and Robert Kennedy, and Dr. King were scheduled to attend. But 12 days earlier, on April 4, exactly a year before he would be assassinated, Dr. King gave his famous speech at Riverside Church, denouncing the Vietnam War. Immediately the American Legion threatened to picket the temple if he showed up, which he […]
2020-02-17 00:12:00
John Malveaux: Georgia Laster Association of Musicians & Knox Presbyterian Church A BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM-AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGACIES
Darryl Sims John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes: 2-15-2020 attended Georgia Laster Association of Musicians in collaboration with Knox Presbyterian Church presents A BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM-AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGACIES-Outstanding Moments in our History. The program included live performances and video clips with introduction by musicologist Dr. Hansonia Caldwell-Harriford. Legacy-1-Jimi Hendrix, Rock Guitarist (1942-1970); Legacy-2-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Activist (1929-1969); Legacy-3-Hall Johnson, Composer/Arranger (1888-19770); Legacy-4-Jessye Norman, Soprano (1945-2019); Legacy-5-William Warfield, Baritone (1920-2002); Legacy-6-Maya Angelou, Poet (1928-2014); Legacy-7-Kirk Franklin, Gospel Artist (born January 26, 1970). Darrel Sims was outstanding as a vocalist and violist. Darrell is an original member (violist) of MusicUNTOLD Orchestra and MusicUNTOLD String Quartet. See pic of Darrell Sims
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