WHEN & WHERE:
Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New World Center, Truist Pavilion
Friday, February 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater, Overtown
TICKETS:
For more information and tickets visit the New World Symphony website.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...During the summer of 1950, Hazel Scott was one of the most famous women in the world. The glamorous Trinidad-born pianist had already conquered Hollywood and starred in movies alongside Lena Horne and Mae West. Now, her namesake TV show was beamed into living rooms across America three times a week and her way of “jazzing the classics” was adored by audiences at both Café Society and Carnegie Hall.
Refusing to play in segregated rooms and making history as the first Black woman to host her own TV show, Hazel Scott was trailblazer who changed hearts and minds with her music.
Program
Rachmaninoff / Scott : Prelude in C-sharp minor
Liszt / Scott : Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Grainger / Scott : Country Gardens
J.S. Bach / Scott : Invention in A minor
Chopin / Scott : Waltz in D-flat major, "Minute Waltz"
Chopin / Scott : Waltz in C-sharp minor..."
