SCHEDULE

Nabors, "Pulse" for Orchestra

Taichi Fukumura, Conductor

The Cleveland Orchestra’s 46th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert features soprano Latonia Moore and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus, an all-volunteer community chorus. The program takes the audience on a journey through Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s evolution as a prominent servant leader.

Although the concert is free, tickets are required and available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning on Saturday, January 3, at 10 a.m.

Other works by Beethoven, Thompson, Loggins-Hull, Gounod, Rossini, Bonds, and more.

"...and Beyond" for solo cello and fixed electronics, Dennis Parker, cello.

Experience innovative new musical works from LSU's creative minds! Join us in the LSU Digital Media Center Theatre for an evening of recent chamber music and digital media compositions. Faculty composers showcase their latest creations, brought to life by talented LSU faculty and student performers. Discover the cutting edge of contemporary music right here on campus—an inspiring celebration of artistic excellence and collaboration.

Nabors: String Quartet

"Pulse" for Orchestra

The sumptuous brilliance of Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 holds its own alongside the iconic works of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Tchaikovsky – performed with the joyful lyricism of rising-star American soloist Aubree Oliverson. Guest conductor Kensho Watanabe opens the program with Brian Raphael Nabors’ rhythmically charged rhapsody Pulse, followed by Prokofiev’s popular Symphony No. 5, a bold, triumphant work that captures the spirit of human resilience.

MTNA Gala
World Premiere of Nabors "Piano Sonata No. 3,"
Lewis Warren, Jr., piano.

Guest Artist Recital
Nabors, "Polaris" for solo piano

"Hammond Organ Concerto"

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Brian Raphael Nabors, hammond organ

CLARICE ASSAD Baião N’ Blues
BRIAN RAPHAEL NABORS Hammond Organ Concerto
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, “Organ”

Trailblazing chamber musicians Poiesis Quartet and rising star pianist Amiri Harewood perform a uniquely beautiful evening of musical homages and tributes.

GABRIELA LENA FRANK – Tres Homenajes
1. Scherzo para Sipan
SHOSTAKOVICH – Prelude and Fugues Op. 87, No. 7 in A Major
J.S. BACH – The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888
BRIAN NABORS – String Quartet
GABRIELA LENA FRANK – Tres Homenajes
2. Adagio para Amantani
JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' TATE – Pisachi
J.S. BACH – The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893
SHOSTAKOVICH – Prelude and Fugues Op. 87, No. 6 in B Minor
GABRIELA LENA FRANK – Tres Homenajes
3. T’inku

"I, Too, Sing America"

Nabors: String Quartet

"Hammond Organ Concerto"

This can’t-miss concert is a celebration and exploration of Black ritual and spirituality through the music of the African diaspora. A wide array of instruments, traditions and guests take center stage in this powerful program.

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
The Bamboula

GREEN
Testify

OKOYE
Voices Shouting Out

NABORS
Concerto for Hammond Organ

"Pulse" for Orchestra

Under the direction of Antony Hermus, the Concertgebouw Orchestra is performing music by Black American composers. Principal trumpet player Miro Petkov appears as soloist in Wynton Marsalis’s spectacular Trumpet Concerto. In this concerto, we hear a trumpeting elephant, references to the French Baroque style, the blues, Louis Armstrong, the European-Jewish trumpet tradition and much more.

World premiere of commissioned work.
Program to be announced.

World premiere of new string quartet.