Florence Price
String Quartet in A Minor
from 9 August 2022, KoncertKirken Blågårds Plads
program notes
Florence Price (1887 - 1953) left behind several hundred works of an astonishing diversity - both “classical” styles that had been the focus of her education, Black styles inspired by the spirituals of her childhood, but most often syntheses of the two. Some works achieved recognition, but her race and sex were obstacles to getting published - the process of publishing also required a significant time and effort that, in her estimation, was better spent composing new music.
Her String Quartet in A minor (1935) is in four movements, and each is a world of its own - from longing nostalgia to the upbeat Black american Juba dance rhythm. Like much of her work, it is infused with melodies and harmonies that bring the melancholy beauty of Black American idioms into the romantic vocabulary of the early 20th century.
concert details
”Folk Songs”
9 August 2022, 19:30
KoncertKirkgen Blågårds Plads
Program:
Gabriela Lena Frank: Cuatro Bosquejos Pre-Incaicos
Bo Holten: Clarinet Quintet
Grazyna Bacewicz: Quartet for Four Violins
Florence Price: String Quartet in A Minor
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