Dr Martin Luther King Jr Concert: Part of Newcastle's Freedom City at Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne on Saturday 18th November 2017

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr Concert

Part of Newcastle's Freedom City

Add to my Calendar 18-11-2017 19:30 18-11-2017 21:30 36 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Concert As part of the Freedom City celebrations, we are delighted to present a programme of music inspired by the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.   We bring together works from prominent African-American composers William Grant Still and Adolphus Hailstork with more widely played classics by Aaron Copland (Fanfare for the Common Man) and Duke Ellington (Three Black Kings).Joining the orchestra to feature as narrator in Copland’s Lincoln Portrait will be MP for Newcastle Central, Chi Onwurah. Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas
St Nicholas Square
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 1PF
England

Saturday 18th November 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
William Grant Still – Symphony no.1 in A flat major 'The Afro-American'
Adolphus Hailstork – Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Adolphus Hailstork – Three Spirituals
Duke Ellington – Three Black Kings
Aaron Copland – Lincoln Portrait

Performers

Monica Buckland – Conductor
Dawn Allen – Leader
Chi Onwurah – Narrator

New Tyneside Orchestra

Programme Note

As part of the Freedom City celebrations, we are delighted to present a programme of music inspired by the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

We bring together works from prominent African-American composers William Grant Still and Adolphus Hailstork with more widely played classics by Aaron Copland (Fanfare for the Common Man) and Duke Ellington (Three Black Kings).

Joining the orchestra to feature as narrator in Copland’s Lincoln Portrait will be MP for Newcastle Central, Chi Onwurah.

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