Past Event
Saturday, July 31, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
SummerFest American Perspectives I: Goin' Home
7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego, 92037
When Dvorák discovered African American Spirituals, sung to him by his student, he was moved to write the New World Symphony and proclaim that American composers should base their music on these wonderful songs. In the first Synergy event of 2021, we celebrate the influence of African American spirituals and folk music on classical composers. The sensational Kings Return gospel quartet will interweave their unique arrangements of spirituals, old and new, with string pieces by composers who were inspired by these songs, such as Wynton Marsalis, Florence Price, and Coleridge Taylor Parkinson, culminating in one of Dvorák’s chamber masterpieces, The American String Quintet.