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20/21 CSO Full Season
COVID update: Limited-capacity concerts resume at Music Hall
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CLASSICAL ROOTS CELEBRATION: Zion Baptist Church
Tue Aug 3, 2021 | 7:00 pm
As one of the earliest church partners for Classical Roots, Zion Baptist Church has been an active supporter of the annual celebration. Members of the CSO will perform in celebration of this Congregation and the 20th anniversary of this important collaboration.
CLASSICAL ROOTS CELEBRATION: Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church
Fri Aug 6, 2021 | 7:00 pm
As one of the earliest church partners for Classical Roots, Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church has been an active supporter of the annual celebration. Members of the CSO will perform in celebration of this Congregation and the 20th anniversary of this important collaboration.
CLASSICAL ROOTS CELEBRATION: Quinn Chapel AME
Thu Aug 12, 2021 | 7:00 pm
As one of the earliest church partners for Classical Roots, Quinn Chapel AME Church has been an active supporter of the annual celebration. Members of the CSO will perform in celebration of this Congregation and the 20th anniversary of this important collaboration.
CLASSICAL ROOTS: 20th Anniversary Concert
Sun Aug 15, 2021 | 4:00 pm
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Program
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JAMES WELDON JOHNSON: Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Danse négre, Op. 35, No. 4
TRADITIONAL SONGS: Kumbaya
HARRY T. BURLEIGH: Oh, Didn't It Rain
MAMIE SMITH: Crazy Blues
R. NATHANIEL DETT: Juba Dance from In the Bottoms SuiteFLORENCE PRICE: Concerto in D Minor in One Movement for Piano and Orchestra
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: It's Your Thing
VARIOUS: Soul Divas Medley
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR/GEORGE WALKER: "Sympathy" set to Lyric for Strings
EDWARD K. ("DUKE") ELLINGTON: CaravanBILL CONTI: Theme from Rocky ("Gonna Fly Now")
CARLOS SIMON: The Block
JAMES BROWN: I Got You (I Feel Good)
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Past Performances
JAN 29-30, 2021
Langrée & Gerstein: Impressions of Folk
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FEB 4-6, 2021
Bizet & Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
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FEB 5, 2021
CSO Proof: Creative Conversation
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FEB 19-21, 2021
Spirited Riffs
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FEB 26, 2021
Langrée & Gerstein: Impressions of Folk
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MAR 5-6, 2021
Pintscher Conducts Mahler's The Song of the Earth
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MAR 12-14, 2021
Alpha & Omega
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MAR 13-14, 2021
Traveling with Mozart
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APR 9-11, 2021
Cerrone Brass Premiere & Ellington
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APR 23-24, 2021
Portal to Romanticism
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APR 24-25, 2021
New Crowned Hope
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May 2, 2021
CSO Proof: The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1
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