Artists
Conductor
curator and classical singer
visual artist
Members of the San Francisco Symphony
program
Five Freedom Songs
[SF Symphony Co-commission]
[SF Symphony Co-commission]
Jessie
Montgomery
I Come Up the Hard Way
[world premiere]
[world premiere]
Carolyn
Yarnell
ain’t my home
[world premiere]
[world premiere]
Carolyn
Yarnell
Mama’s Little Precious Thing
[West Coast premiere]
[West Coast premiere]
Allison
Loggins-Hull
Quilt
[SF Symphony commission,
world premiere]
[SF Symphony commission,
world premiere]
Pamela
Z
Green Pastures
[West Coast premiere]
[West Coast premiere]
Tania
León
performances
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THIS CONCERT IS PRESENTED
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY'S PRESENTATION HISTORY'S PERSISTENT VOICE IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF SOLOMON B. CERA
THIS CONCERT IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE AMPHION FOUNDATION, INC.
Event Description
San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partner Julia Bullock shares History’s Persistent Voice, her original and ever-developing program, which highlights the words, work, and experiences of Black American artists. In this mixed media concert, voices spanning across generations who were enslaved through the 1860s are heard alongside those who lived through years of convict leasing, share cropping, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.Curated and performed by Julia Bullock, with Christian Reif conducting the San Francisco Symphony, and visual art installations designed by Hana S. Kim, History’s Persistent Voice features all-new commissioned music by an esteemed roster of American women of color, including Jessie Montgomery, Carolyn Yarnell, Allison Loggins-Hull, Pamela Z, and Tania León.
Although cycles of violence, oppression, and demoralization are ongoing, for these artists it’s clear how various forms of human expression can facilitate some manifestation of liberation and freedom.
For more information, including full program notes, visit the San Francisco Symphony’s digital program book platform at sfsymphony.encoreplus.app or text “SFS Concert” to 55741.
