Preludes in African Rhythm

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Ghanaian American pianist William Chapman Nyaho performs Isak Roux's part minimalist, part free-form "Preludes in African Rhythm." Also, Russian folk music from the Moscow Male Voice Choir; chamber music from the two Monks (Thelonious and Meredith), and orchestral romps through Panama, via composers William Grant Still and Kurt Weill.

Also Featured Tonight:

Jeno Hubay / Zephyr
Aldemaro Romero / Fuga con Pajarillo from Suite for String no. 1
Stephen Paulus / The Five Senses - Windows of the Mind
Ottorino Respighi / Church Windows (Vetrate di Chiesa)
Jacob Druckman / Windows for Orchestra (1972)
Antonin Dvorak / Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

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