Rhiannon Giddens, who made her Boston Pops debut during the 2018 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, returns for a Pops residency titled Redefining American Music, May 22–25, 2019. For the first two evenings, she joins the Pops to perform music from her own albums, fusing influences from roots, jazz, blues, country, gospel, and Celtic music. The next two nights, Giddens curates a program that spotlights overlooked African American composers, joined by vocalist Darius de Haas and pianist Lara Downes.
Rhiannon Giddens, who made her much-lauded Boston Pops debut during the 2018 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, returns with her band for a weeklong Pops residency, titled Redefining American Music, May 22–25, 2019. For the first two evenings, Giddens joins the Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart to perform music from her critically acclaimed albums, fusing influences from roots, jazz, blues, country, gospel, and Celtic music.
The next two nights, Giddens curates a program that spotlights overlooked African American musicians and composers. For these concerts, she and the Pops are joined by Broadway vocalist Darius de Haas (who can be heard on Adam Guettel's Myths and Hymns) and pianist Lara Downes to perform music by Black composers in every genre, including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Billy Strayhorn, Eubie Blake, Florence Price, Hazel Scott, and others.
For tickets, visit bso.org. For more on these and other upcoming Giddens performances, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
To pick up a copy of Rhiannon Giddens's latest solo album, Freedom Highway, head to iTunes, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, and listen on Spotify and Apple Music.
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