Africa in classical music: so close but still so far

Interview by Frédéric Cardin
Genres and styles : Classical

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Le jeudi 6 février 2025 à 19h30, à la salle Pierre-Mercure à Montréal, l’Orchestre classique de Montréal offrira une plongée musicale dans l’africanité classique grâce au concert Échos lointains d’Afrique. On y entendra aussi la soprano Suzanne Taffot, Québécoise d’origine camerounaise, qui y donnera, entre autres, une création de David Bontemps, Le deuil des roses qui s’effeuillent, un cycle de mélodies sur des textes de l’auteur et poète haïtien Jacques Roumain. 

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Programme : 

Walker, George : Lyric for strings

Bontemps, David : Le Deuil des roses qui s’effeuillent (création)

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel : Novellettes, op. 52

Still, William Grant : Danzas de Panama

Spirituals (arr. M. Hogan et H. Bégin) :

– Deep River

– Give Me Jesus

– Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

– He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands

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