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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Cancelled: Sphinx Virtuosi
Land of the Free
Thursday, October 15, 2020
7 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
The musicians of the Sphinx Virtuosi—a Detroit-based chamber orchestra dedicated to increasing racial and ethnic diversity in classical music—perform exciting music by Xavier Foley and Jessie Montgomery, including her work Divided, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall. These dynamic musicians also perform favorites by Barber, Kodály, and Dvorák, as well as a rarely heard composition by African American composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
Performers
Sphinx Virtuosi
Program
XAVIER FOLEY "Ev'ry Voice"
PERKINSON Rondo: Allegro Furioso from Sinfonietta No. 1
BARBER Adagio for Strings
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Banner
KODÁLY Allegro molto vivace from Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Divided (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
DVO?ÁK Finale from String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, "American"