America's Cultural Stage | Violin & Piano

Black musicians have shaped classical music for centuries; this recital honors and recognizes the artists and art forms who have shaped our cultural heritage. Dvorak’s Sonatina is one of his American-flavored works, particularly inspired by the music of African Americans. Beethoven’s Sonata No. 9 was written for and premiered by the Black European virtuoso violinist George Bridgetower. Still and White’s works are important jazz-inspired masterpieces of the 20th century. Written for Pine, Childs’s Incident on Larpenteur Avenue, is a single-movement violin sonata/tone poem written as a response to the killing of Philando Castille by police.

Antonin Dvořák: Sonatina in G major, Op. 100
Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, “The Bridgetower Sonata”
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Dolores White: Blues Dialogues
William Grant Still: Here’s One
Billy Childs: Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
William Grant Still: Suite