Songs of Protest
May 19 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
SAMUEL BARBER: Second Essay for Orchestra
MARTIN ROKEACH
REBECCA ENGLE, LIBRETTIST AND DRAMATURG:
Bodies on the Line: The Great Flint Sit-Down Strike
(world premiere, Oakland Symphony commission with support from the Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music and Saint Mary’s College of California (Frank J. Filippi Professorship in Performing Arts; Provost’s Research Grant; Faculty Development Fund; Office of Faculty Development Writers’ Retreat)
Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm
