Name: Two Black Churches: Okpebholo World Premiere
Start: 2024-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Singletary Center for the Arts

Admin

Lexington Philharmonic

Conductor

Mélisse Brunet

Orchestra

Singer

Will Liverman

Voice

Two Black Churches: Okpebholo World Premiere

Lexington

United States

Singletary Center for the Arts

Two Black Churches: Okpebholo World Premiere: Soul of Remembrance Watkins, M. (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Soul of Remembrance

Two Black Churches

Symphony No.3 in C minor Op.78

Samrat Sen

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Soprano

Tenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

LexPhil’s powerful season finale opens with Soul of Remembrance, the second movement of composer and pianist Mary D. Watkins’ Five Movements in Color for full orchestra. Watkins describes Soul of Remembrance as “the collective moan of a profound grief felt by the newly-arrived Africans, who found themselves in a strange land, dealing with the loss of the only life they had known and leaving behind the comforts of family and friends.” 

A highlight of the season, LexPhil will present the world premiere of Composer-in-Residence Shawn E. Okpebholo’s Two Black Churches, a LexPhil co-commissioned arrangement for full orchestra featuring acclaimed baritone Will Liverman. This poignant work, originally scored for piano and baritone and commissioned by Will Liverman, reflects on the racist attacks on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, and the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015. The season concludes with Saint-Saëns triumphant Symphony No. 3, known as the “Organ Symphony,” featuring the resonant power of Singletary Center’s pipe organ.

English

Two Black Churches: Okpebholo World Premiere by Watkins, M., Okpebholo, Saint-Saëns, L 18 mai 2024, Alates (2024/2024), Dirigent Mélisse Brunet, Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, United States

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