Sunday, May 7 2023 at 3:00pm
Baldwin Auditorium
1336 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27705
Free admission
Can’t join us in person? Livestream the concert here.
Our spring concert honors the power of music to bring light to our communities, and features a special collaboration with Duke’s world-renowned Ciompi Quartet. Join us as we celebrate voices that, together, shine brightly.
On the program
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner (1813 – 1958)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is an opera by Richard Wagner that tells the story of Walther von Stolzing and his quest to win a singing contest…. read more about the overture.
Light, Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Read about Jennifer Higdon, and the poem that inspired this piece, here.
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, featuring the Ciompi Quartet, Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872 – 1958)
This lush piece combines three ensembles: string orchestra, a smaller ensemble of nine (string nonet), and a string quartet. Learn more about the voices in the composition and about the Ciompi Quartet.
Symphony No. 1, Florence Price (1887 – 1953)
- Allegro ma non troppo
- Largo, maestoso
- Juba Dance
- Finale
Price’s Symphony No. 1 became the first piece by a Black woman performed by a major American orchestra when the Chicago Symphony performed it in 1933…. read more about the piece and about Price.
art by Lily el Naccash