Walker's Pageant and Proclamation refers to the 1997 orchestral composition by the American composer George Walker, commissioned for the inauguration of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Composer George Walker was the first Black recipient of a doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music in 1956. He also holds the distinction of being the first Black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his work Lilacs in 1996.
9/5 Gubaidulina: Revel Music for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band Ravel: Piano Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 (Benjamin Grosvenor, p; Synergy Vocals; BBC National Chorus of Wales; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Ryan Bancroft, cond)
9/12 Ortiz: Antrópolis Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (Bruce Liu, p; Philharmonia Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali, cond)
9/19 Mozart: Symphony No. 31 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 Bartòk: Concerto for Orchestra (Janine Jansen, v; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Klaus Mäkelä, cond)
9/26 Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula Coleman: Fanfare for Uncommon Times Walker: Pageant and Proclamation Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (Chineke! Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle, cond)
