Orchestra Concert 1 Season Premiere - Rhythm & Dance

Schedule

Sat Sep 27 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

First Church-OKC | Oklahoma City, OK

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What’s Special About This Concert:
Be in the audience for a world premiere as the Oklahoma Chamber Symphony debuts a brand-new work by our Composer-in-Residence — written just for us and performed for the very first time!
Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances were inspired by real village musicians he recorded on early field equipment. Some of the original performers were so poor, they played on homemade wooden instruments — but their music was full of life and soul.
Florence Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes was originally written for solo piano and orchestrated by her close friend William Grant Still. The piece captures the spirit of early 20th-century Black communities in the American South, blending classical music with the rhythms of ragtime.
Beethoven once called rhythm “the soul of music” — and his Seventh Symphony proves it. Richard Wagner famously described it as "the apotheosis of the dance," and its driving energy makes it one of Beethoven’s most exciting symphonies.
The Program:
Composer in Residence Piece | ~10 mins
BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances, BB. 76 (1915) | 6 mins
FLORENCE PRICE: Dances in the Canebrakes (1953) | 9 mins
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92 (1812) | 36 mins
Featured Musicians:
Kaleb Benda, Music Director & Conductor
Musicians of the Oklahoma Chamber Symphony
Additional Information:
Admission is free.
Approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
See our Concert FAQ Page for information about parking, entry, seating, and more.
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Where is it happening?

First Church-OKC, 520 N Robinson Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, United States

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