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 01. "The Block"
Tales - A Folklore Symphony 02. "I. Motherboxx Connection" 03. "II. Flying Africans" 04. "III. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)" 05. "IV. John Henry"
Songs of Separation 06. "I. The Garden" 07. "II. Burning Hell" 08. "III. Dance" 09. "IV. We Are All the Same" 10. "Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra"
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| Description: | "This composer and his music must be heard, not only because he speaks to important issues but because his music is deeply evocative." ā?? The Washington Post The conclusion of a digital series by Gianandrea Noseda and the National Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works brings together a collection of pieces by Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence, Carlos Simon.
Talesā??A Folklore Symphony delves into African American culture and folklore. The work touches upon a wide breadth of ideasā??from Negro Spirituals sung by enslaved prisoners to comics by the Afrofuturist creative duo, Black Kirby.
Simonā??s short orchestral study, The Block, takes inspiration from the visual art of the late Romare Bearden, an artist whose work reflected African American life in urban cities as well as the rural American south.
Songs of Separation for mezzo-soprano and orchestra was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra in connection with Simonā??s current residency as Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence. The work takes its inspiration from a set of four poems by the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic JalÄl al-DÄ«n Muhammad RÅ«mÄ«.
Completing the album is the composerā??s Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra, which asks its audience to consider their own awareness in an increasingly chaotic society. - Tales: A Folklore Symphony was recorded live on March 3-5, 2022, Songs of Separation was recorded live on April 21-23, 2023, The Block was recorded live on September 25, 2021, and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra(2023) was recorded live on January 25-27, 2024 in the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. |
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