{"id":112316,"date":"2025-03-03T12:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=112316"},"modified":"2025-03-03T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T18:00:02","slug":"preview-art-song-storytelling-afro-caribbean-diaspora-canadian-music-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/03\/03\/preview-art-song-storytelling-afro-caribbean-diaspora-canadian-music-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Art Song And Storytelling Of The Afro-Caribbean Diaspora At The Canadian Music Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pianist\/composer Rashaan Allwood and soprano Nadine Anyan (Photo courtesy of the artists)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Art song, film and storytelling come together, with music performed on a spinet harpsichord, and a spotlight on composers from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora within the world of Western classical music. That\u2019s the multimedia mix for the concert which takes place March 7 at the Canadian Music Centre.<\/p>\n

Allwood\u2019s film Streams of Self-Consciousness, which explores the immigration journey of his parents, incorporating narrative and his musical arrangements, will screen at the event.<\/p>\n

The voices of Black composers, while they may have been celebrated during the lifetime of many artists, were often marginalized and forgotten for periods of time. The variety of composers and styles across the centuries that are represented in the program, however, puts the lie to the notion that Black artists have not always been a longstanding part of the classical music world.<\/p>\n

The Music<\/h2>\n

The program includes the work of several composers, and spans centuries from the 18th to the 21st.<\/p>\n

Program:<\/p>\n

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  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745\u20131799): Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 in C<\/li>\n
  • Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729\u20131780): Four Minuets and Dances<\/li>\n
  • Scott Joplin (1868\u20131917): Maple Leaf Rag (1899)<\/li>\n
  • Harry T. Burleigh (1866\u20131949): Through the Moanin\u2019 Pines and The Frolic from From the Southland (1907)<\/li>\n
  • Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882\u20131943): Desert Interlude from Eight Bible Vignettes (1942)<\/li>\n
  • Oscar Peterson (1925\u20132007): Laurentide Waltz from Canadiana Suite (1964)<\/li>\n
  • James Weldon Johnson (1871\u20131938), arr. J. Rosalind Johnson (b. 1945: Lift Every Voice and Sing (1900) featuring Nadine Anyan, soprano<\/li>\n
  • Florence Price (1887\u20131953); Night, featuring Nadine Anyan, soprano<\/li>\n
  • H. Leslie Adams (1932\u20132024); Nightsongs, featuring Nadine Anyan, soprano<\/li>\n
  • Rashaan Allwood (b. 1994); Streams of Self-Consciousness (2023) featuring Nadine Anyan, soprano<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n