Juneteenth: Celebrating The Bicentennial Of Abraham Lincoln Saturday June 13, 2009 12:00-5:00 PM Martin Luther King Jr. Park 1950 Lemon Ave., Long Beach Emcee: Leo Stallworth, ABC7 West Coast Premiere Composer Roy Harris Bicentennial Symphony MusicUNTOLD ORCHESTRA & CHORALE Joseph R. Taylor, Conductor MIGHTY MO ROGERS THE NEW BLUEZ BOBBY RODRIGUEZ LATIN JAZZ FREE…
The west coast premiere and first performance of the “Bicentennial Symphony” since the 1976 premiere will be held June 13, 2009 as centerpiece of ‘Junteenth: Celebrating the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln‘.
Roy Harris 14th Symphony, also known as the “Bicentennial Symphony” premiered in Washington D.C., February 10-12, 1976 with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It is the strongest musical statement on U.S. History, slavery, and race relations ever made by an American composer. The west coast premiere and first…