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Lara Downes
This Land
Apr 08Performance Dates
- Tue Apr 08 2025 7:30 PM
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Curated by Artistic Partner Rhiannon Giddens
Iconoclastic pianist and cultural visionary Lara Downes presents This Land, celebrating the spirit of resilience and imagination that grows at the crossroads of the American journey. The program reflects a wide diversity of voices, both new and familiar, illustrating the beauty that resides in the broad landscape of American music, from Scott Joplin to Angelica Negrón, Florence Price and George Gershwin.
PROGRAM
SCOTT JOPLIN: Prelude from Treemonisha; Peacherine Rag; Bethena Waltz; Maple Leaf Rag
ARTURO O’FARRILL: Kaleidoscope
FLORENCE PRICE: Piano Sonata in E Minor
KIAN RAVAEI: Variations on “This Land is Your Land”
ANGELICA NEGRÓN: Sueño Recurrente
TRADITIONAL: Shenandoah
WILLIAM GRANT STILL: Summerland
DUKE ELLINGTON: Come Sunday
SHAWN OKBEPHOLO: Amazing Grace
JAKE HEGGIE: Looking Back, Facing Forward
SAMORA PINDERHUGHES: Transformation
MARGARET BONDS: Spiritual Suite
GEORGE GERSHWIN: I Loves You Porgy (arr. Nina Simone)
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
Piano Series generously underwritten by Sven & Melinda Bitners and Sally Schaake Kincaid