Dvořák’s New World Symphony is familiar to many concert goers. Less so is Florence Price’s Third Symphony, which takes the ‘American symphony’ to new heights through its use of African American, modernist, and jazz idioms. This is an exhilarating chance to hear both works in a single concert.
The Music
Joan Tower
Fanfare for an Uncommon Woman
Florence Price
Symphony No.3
Dvořák
Symphony No.9
Florence Price
