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Afromodernism: Music of the African Diaspora

February 27, 2025, 10:00 pm

Thomas Wilkins

Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads music from the African Diaspora by Carlos Simon, Nathalie Joachim, David Baker, and William Grant Still.

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Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances

Nathalie Joachim: Had To Be
New York Premiere–NY Phil Co-Commission with Spoleto Festival USA, Orchestre Métropolitain, and Chautauqua Institution
Seth Parker Woods, cello

David Baker: Kosbro

William Grant Still: Symphony No. 4, Autochthonous

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Afromodernism: Music of the African Diaspora

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