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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor, Barber & Dvořák 6
Nov 11-13, 2021
Overview
Jakub Hrůša conducts a joyful portrait of his Czech homeland in Dvořák’s folk-infused Sixth Symphony. Radiant soprano Joélle Harvey makes her CSO debut in Barber’s nostalgic recollection of small-town America. Opening the program is Coleridge-Taylor’s 1898 breakthrough score, the rhapsodic Ballade.
Program
Coleridge-Taylor
Ballade in A Minor
Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Dvořák
Symphony No. 6
Performers
Sponsors & Partners
Official Airline of the CSO
These concerts are generously sponsored by the Zell Family Foundation.
The appearance of Joélle Harvey is made possible by the Grainger Fund for Excellence.
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Largely forgotten in the century after his untimely death at age 37, Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his works are receiving overdue recognition.
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Unlike other classical singers, soprano Joélle Harvey prefers to concentrate on orchestral and choral work. “It’s kind of how my career developed,” she said. “I really enjoy doing opera, but it takes you away from home.”
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