THE MUSIC RETURNS

Friday, November 19, 2021, 8 pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

William Grant Still
In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy

Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement

Lara Downes, piano

INTERMISSION

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Opus 55 (Eroica)

I. Allegro con brio
II. Marcia funèbre: Adagio assai
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro molto

Lara Downes is a Yamaha Artist.
Yamaha piano provided by Piedmont Piano Company
The 2021–2022 Season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded in part by The East Bay Music Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and supported by the Oakland City Council and funded by the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.