Chamber Project St. Louis presents "Speak"
$15 in advance, $20 at the door, $5 students
Valerie Coleman Portraits of Langston
Igor Stravinsky L'Historie du soldat
Kareem Roustom Abu J'meel's Daughter
Speak: From Syria to Harlem, this program combines the spoken word and chamber music. In the first work on this program, we jump into the nights of Harlem where African-American composer, Valerie Coleman, brings the words of Langston Hughes to life with electric rhythms influenced by jazz. Also influenced by jazz, Stravinsky's trio arrangement of his legendary A Soldier's Tale warns of making deals with the devil. With Syrian-American Roustom's telling of an Arabic folk tale set to music, we hear the influences of traditional sounds of Lebanon, Palestine and Syria woven into a sweeping story of love, loss and faith.
Katherine Jolly, soprano
Kyle Lombard, violin
Laura Reycraft, viola
Valentina Takova, cello
Dana Hotle, clarinet
Jennifer Gartley, flute
Nina Ferrigno, piano
Nicole Aldrich, conductor