Game Changers: Vital New Music

805 South Main Street,Bentonville AR 72712

11 February, 2023

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First piece: A complement of Arkansas Philharmonic Youth Orchestra players join us for a haunting new look at the classic hymn Amazing Grace, reconceived and arranged by Jennifer Higdon. Beautiful! This opens the concert, so arrive a bit early to park! Next: too often, African-American compositions and players are underrepresented in classical music. The APO’s first concert of 2023 breaks new musical boundaries with this world-premiere. Floridian flutist Brian Dunbar plays composer Carlos Simon’s Movements for Flute and Orchestra. Finale: With text from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Joseph Schwanter’s New Morning for the World: “Daybreak of Freedom” continues the evening’s theme of Game Changers in vital contemporary music. JENNIFER HIGDON: Amazing Grace CARLOS SIMON: Movements for Flute and Orchestra JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World: “Daybreak of Freedom”