Classical Series
Price, Still, and Dvořák
Hilbert Circle Theatre
Indianapolis, Indiana
The Performance
Pianist Lara Downes performs the Piano Concerto by Florence Price, the first female African-American composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. Nature is in the spotlight throughout the concert with William Grant Still’s piece Wood Notes and Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony with its colorful sequence of pastoral images.
Artistic Leadership
Thomas Wilkins
Conductor
Artists
Lara Downes
Piano
Program to Include
Wood Notes
William Grant Still
Piano Concerto
Florence B. Price
Symphony No. 8
Antonín Dvořák