Europe's first majority-Black and ethnically diverse orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra was founded with the intention of providing opportunities for composers and performers of color in a field that traditionally minimizes Black participants. The orchestra’s Lincoln Center debut (part of their premiere North American tour), presented in partnership with the New York Philharmonic and The Juilliard School, offers a bravura selection of thought-provoking works led by guest conductor Andrew Grams of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. The program will include the trailblazing 20th-century composer Florence Price's Symphony No. 1; Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, featuring NY Phil Principal Clarinet Anthony McGill; and Fate Now Conquers by the contemporary American composer Carlos Simon.
Programme:
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Florence B. Price: Symphony No. 1
Conductor: Andrew Grams
Clarinet: Anthony McGill