Music Speaks: Unlocking the Hidden Language of Music
KSO Young People's Concert
Sept. 29, 2021
Tennessee Theatre
James Fellenbaum, conductor
Rhea Carmon, Knoxville Poet Laureate
Michael Rogers, baritone
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Greeting Prelude
JOSEPH BRACKETT, JR.
Simple Gifts
AARON COPLAND
Variations on a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring
Original Poetry by Knoxville Poet Laureate, Rhea Carmon
"Go down Moses," "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See," sung by Baritone, Michael Rodgers
FLORENCE PRICE
Concert Overture No. 2
GEORGES BIZET
"Votre toast je peux vous le rendre" (Toreador Song) from Carmen, sung by Michael Rodgers
GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" from Shall We Dance
EDWARD ELGAR
"Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
ARTURO MARQUEZ
Conga del Fuego Nuevo
VALERIE COLEMAN
Umoja: Anthem of Unity
Sponsored by:
Sheena McCall
Mike and Carol Connor Family Foundation
This performance is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Tennessee Arts Commission.