![The New York Philharmonic orchestra and chorus on stage with soloists Ryan Speedo Green, Janinah Burnett, Rodrick Dixon, Simon Estes, Ebony Spicer, Leslie B. Dunner conducts.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3c132d7/2147483647/strip/true/resize/880x^/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F28%2Fe9%2Fb98ac4e1474bae8724f6e17048b4%2Fnypo-march-liberation.jpg)
2/4 Salonen: L.A. Variations Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (Frank Huang, v; Alan Gilbert, cond)
2/11 The March to Liberation Still’s Symphony No. 2, Song of a New Race, celebrates the Black American as, in the composer’s words, “a totally new individual.” Adolphus Hailstork’s oratorio Done Made My Vow, A Ceremony, honors the countless Black Americans who have faced “the bench of injustice, and, by doing so, changed a nation.”
Courtney Bryan: Gathering Song Still: Symphony No. 2, Song of a New Race Hailstork: Done Made My Vow, A Ceremony (Ryan Speedo Green, bs-bar;Janinah Burnett, s; Rodrick Dixon, t; Simon Estes, speaker; Ebony Spicer, treble; New York Philharmonic Chorus, Malcom J. Merriweather, dir; Leslie B. Dunner, cond)
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2/18 Historic Performances Berg: Der Wein Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Jessye Norman and Yvonne Minton, s; Pierre Boulez, cond)
2/25 Mozart’s Final Symphonies Mozart: Symphony No. 39, 40 and 41 (Alan Gilbert, cond)