The concert showcases works by Black composers, including John Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson’s powerful anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing, featuring the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts Chorus; Valerie Coleman’s Seven O’Clock Shout; Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers; and the third movement from Florence Price’s Symphony No.1 and her Adoration, featuring 12-year-old violinist Amaryn Olmeda, winner of the 24th annual Sphinx Competition, Juniors Division. A stirring recitation of excerpts from Dr. King’s historic I Have a Dream speech by Philadelphia Orchestra Narrator and Host Charlotte Blake Alston will accompany Barber’s Adagio for Strings, an event tradition.
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