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