Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra
Voices of America
Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 4 PM
Stewart Theatre, Talley Student Union, Raleigh, NC
Peter Askim, conductor
Featuring the World Premiere of Ahmed Al Abaca‘s Beacons
Program:
Ahmed Alabaca: Beacons (World Premiere)
John Corigliano: Elegy
Julia Perry (arr. Norpoth): Ye, Who Seek the Truth
Aaron Copland: Selections from Eight Poems by Emily Dickinson
Andrea Edith Moore, Soprano Soloist
Lee Hoiby: Lady of the Harbor
Andrea Edith Moore, Soprano Soloist
Peter Askim: To Make a Prairie (World Premiere, Orchestral Version)
Andrea Edith Moore, Soprano Soloist
Beacons will explore the richness of Black American Music. Envisioned as a tone poem that weaves in and out of the lush, spiritual, intricate and complicated spirit of the Black American musical tradition, Beacons will draw from the great Black American composers whom they consider to be beacons of light for contemporary Black composers — keeping them inspired, alive, and focused. Al Abaca will compose a piece that is reflective of their own musical voice, while also paying homage to those who came before them.
$4.66 for NC State Students, $10 for faculty, staff, and seniors, and $12 for the general public