Summermusic 2021 Concert III: HARLEM QUARTET

118 State Street,Harrisburg PA 17101

27 July, 2021

Description

Celebrated Harlem Quartet will bring to Harrisburg a program of music by composers of color. Celebrated Harlem Quartet will bring to Harrisburg a rich program of music by composers of color, from Jean Perrault and William Grant Still to Wynton Marsalis and “Dizzy” Gillespie, offering a unique opportunity to expand Central PA audience’s understanding of string quartet as an art form. This concert will be held in an intimate, acoustically splendid and visually stunning St. Michael Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, PA. PROGRAM: Composers of Color William Grant Still: Lyric Quartette Tomeka Reid: Prospective Dwellers Jessie Montgomery: Strum George Walker: String Quartet No. 1 and Molto Adagio, "Lyric for Strings" Wynton Marsalis: At the Octaroon Balls: "Rampart Street Rowhouse Rag"; "Mating Calls and Delta Rhythms"; "Creole Contradanzas"; "Hellbound Highball" John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia (arr. Dave Glenn and Harlem Quartet) Billy Strayhorn: Take the “A” Train (arr. Paul Chihara and Harlem Quartet) Summermusic 2021 Sponsors: UPMC Pinnacle and John & Annie Standley