“Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will join the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and Festival Chorus to perform Marsalis’ epic work, ‘All Rise’ [on] June 6 at the BOK Center, to commemorate the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,” writes James D. Watts Jr. in Saturday’s (5/8) Tulsa World (OK). “This will be the first concert event the BOK Center has hosted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic … Guest conductor David Robertson will conduct … with the chorus under the leadership of Damien L. Sneed. ‘All Rise’ is the first work Marsalis composed on a symphonic scale. It was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, which premiered the massive, 12-movement work in December 1999…. ‘All Rise’ makes use of a cornucopia of musical idioms, including American blues, Argentine tango … New Orleans parade music, ancient African chant, 20th century symphonic modernism, and rural Southern dance forms…. Phil Armstrong, project director of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, which is co-sponsoring this event, said, … ‘Processing tragedy and trauma is complex. For me, music has always been an emotional outlet, and I hope this experience provides just that to Tulsans during this important week of remembrance, resilience and hope.’ ”
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