The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra performs a livestream concert at Ordway Concert Hall, May 8, 2021. Courtesy SPCO
“The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra will stream a concert in tribute to George Floyd and has announced four outdoor concerts in June. All are free of charge,” writes Ross Raihala in Thursday’s (5/13) Pioneer Press (MN). “ ‘Songs of Sorrow, Songs of Hope’ features music of mourning and healing, including George Walker’s First String Quartet, selections from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s vocal compositions, the world premiere performance of … Brent Michael Davids’ new work for solo flute and Franz Joseph Haydn’s series of seven musical meditations on Christ’s final words. The concert will stream at 8 p.m. May 22 and 7 p.m. May 27. The outdoor concerts don’t require a ticket, but space is limited…. The [June] schedule includes: Music for small ensembles … including a special musical presentation of the children’s book ‘Ferdinand the Bull’; … new pieces by Adolphus Hailstork and Viet Cuong and Valerie Coleman’s Maombi Asante; … Vivaldi’s ‘Summer’ violin concerto from his Four Seasons; George Walker’s Molto Adagio from String Quartet No. 1; new music by composer Viet Cuong … selections from George Frideric Handel and Ludwig van Beethoven … Caroline Shaw’s string quartet Entr’acte; a new duo by Clarice Assad.”
