Finding an American Voice: Burleigh & Dvořák
Part of: Five Boroughs Music Festival
Orchestra of St. Luke’s musicians are joined by special guest baritone Joseph Parrish to celebrate the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer. Their collaboration, rooted in spirituals and folk music, helped shape a distinctly American sound that continues to inspire us today.
Program
Harry T. Burleigh
Selected works for voice and piano
Antonín Dvořák
Sonatina in G Major for violin and piano
Harry T. Burleigh
Southland Sketches for violin and piano
