February 24, 1990 - Made in Americe
The Music of William Russell


Four Dance Movements (1933/revised 1990)
Waltz
March
Tango *
Foxtrot

Three Cuban Pieces (1935)
Havanera
Rhumba
Tiempo de Son

March Suite # (1936/revised 1984)
School March
Wedding March
Military March
Hunger March
Funeral March

Chicago Sketches + (1940)
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Trumpet Concerto * (1937/revised 1990)

Prelude, Chorale and Fugue # (1932/revised 1985)

Ogou Badagri * (1933)
A Ballet Based on the Voodoo Rites of Haiti
Prelude
Scene I
Introduction
Procession of the celebrants
Dance of the Mamaloi
Chant of the Papaloi
Procession of the sacraficial beasts
Chant of the Mamaloi
Slow Dance of the Mamaloi
Scene II
Introduction
Ceremonial drink of blood by Papaloi and Mamaloi
Dance of the white robed women, and baptism of blood
General Communion

Made in America * (1936/revised 1990)

Linda Bouchard - conductor
Laurie Frink - trumpet
Lisa Moore and Edmund Niemann - piano
Erik Charlston, Gary Fieldman, Maya Gunji, John Kennedy,
Eric Kivnick, Einar Nielson, and Charles Wood - percussion

* First Performance
+ New York Premiere
# New York Premiere, revised edition

Location: Florence Gould Hall, New York, NY

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