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NY Phil presents Afromodernism: Music of the African Diaspora




New York Philharmonic

Thursday, October 17, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)

Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, United States

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$39-$134


Nathalie Joachim — Had To Be (NY premiere)


David Baker — Kosbro


William Grant Still — Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous"

Carlos Simon's Four Black American Dances pays homage to the wide range of Black American dance traditions while Nathalie Joachim's newly-penned cello concerto written for Seth Parker Woods honors the transformation of African fashion. Driving rhythms of David Baker's Kosbro are followed by William Grant Still's "Autochthonous" Symphony, which portrays, in his words, "the fusion of musical cultures in North America." Thomas Wilkins conducts. 

Performances on Oct. 17 & 18.

About Seth Parker Woods, cello

About Thomas Wilkins, conductor

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10 Lincoln Center Plaza


New York, NY 10023


United States

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