Langston & Beethoven
Union County Performing Arts Center: Hamilton Stage, 360 Hamilton St. , Rahway, NJ
Fantasie Negre No. 1 Florence Price, composer Kyle Walker, piano
Beethoven’s Blues Langston Hughes “Weary Blues” Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 Terrance McKnight, Kyle P. Walker
Langston Hughes “Life is Fine” Beethoven Bagatelle Op. 126, No. 1 McKnight, Walker
Principal Brothers No. 3 James Lee III, composer David Norville stage need: music stand
Big Timer’s Blues Hughes “The Weary Blues” Lord How Come Me Here (traditional spiritual, arr. Evelyn Curenton-Simpson; adapt. Ashley Jackson & Terrance McKnight) Terrance McKnight, Chauncey Packer, David Norville, Kyle P. Walker
Medley George Gershwin, composer Packer, Walker
You’ve taken my blues Hughes “Notes on Commercial Theater” Gershwin Prelude Melody No. 17 (arr. T. McKnight) McKnight, Walker
The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer Packer, Walker
Three-Fours, Op. 71 No. 2 Samuel Coleridge Taylor, composer Walker
Hughes “Me and My Song” Beethoven God Save the King Variations (arr. T. McKnight) McKnight, Walker