Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Celebration (Pasadena)

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Black-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (South Pasadena News)

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Artistic Director Dr. Zanaida Robles

The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Celebration, held in honor of the composer’s 147th birthday, will feature two special performances showcasing the Black-English composer’s sacred [Vedic] choral music and his masterpiece Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast.

• The Sacred Choral Music of Coleridge-Taylor and Robles Tickets, Fri, Aug. 12, 2022, at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

Curated and conducted by Artistic Director Dr. Zanaida Robles, “Sacred Choral Music of Coleridge-Taylor and Robles” will take place Friday, August 12 at 7:00 pm.

“Music Sunday! Church Service featuring Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast” will take place Sunday, August 14 at 10:00 am. Both events will be held at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena.

The program features a cross section of sacred works, including two settings of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Coleridge-Taylor and Robles, and Robles’ Ecstatic Expectancy with percussionist Dave Tull, which blends classical choral music with rock improvisation.

“Music Sunday! Church Service featuring Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast” includes music by Native American composers set alongside Coleridge-Taylor’s multi-cultural fusion of Native American legend, classic American poetry, and English late-Romantic music.

The text for Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast comes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1885 poem, "The Song of Hiawatha." While there is much to criticize about his blatant appropriation and flagrant alteration of several aspects of Native American culture... More

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