Release Date
21 April 2021
Availability
Premieres at 8 pm on Wednesday, April 21. BSO Sessions episodes begin with a performance premiere, followed by on-demand access through June 2021.
About the Performance
The works of nationally and internationally renowned composers from the Baltimore-D.C. area take center stage in this dynamic episode that opens with Jonathan Leshnoff's visceral "Miller-Kahn" Quartet. Baltimore-born Philip Glass' entrancing work contrasts with the intensely sorrowful Lyric for Strings by George Walker, the first Black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Also featured are Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday"; Kevin Puts' Arcana; and the world premiere of Ubuntu, composed by the BSO's own Brian Prechtl.
Repertoire
JONATHAN LESHNOFF String Quartet No. 3 for String Orchestra, "Miller-Kahn", Mvt. II and III
PHILIP GLASS “Runaway Horses” from Mishima
ELLINGTON (arr. Jensen) “Come Sunday”
WALKER Lyric for Strings
KEVIN PUTS Arcana
BRIAN PRECHTL Ubuntu (World Premiere)
Program subject to change.