Naima Burrs, conductor
April 5, 2025 – The Music Center at Strathmore
PROGRAM
Overture to The Boatswain's Mate, Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
Montgomery Variations, Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
I: Decision
II: Prayer Meeting
III: March
IV: Dawn in Dixie
V: One Sunday in the South
VI: Lament
VII: Benediction
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 5, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
I: Moderato
II: Allegretto
III: Largo
IV: Allegro non troppo
This program will run approximately 1 hours and 40 minutes, including intermission.
We invite everyone to a post-concert discussion with Naima Burrs and Laura Colgate. After the concert, please relocate to the orchestra level to participate.
This concert was made possible in part by generous financial support from NatPhil 40th Anniversary Season Sponsors Jane Liu and Edward Brinker.