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The Philadelphia Orchestra discovers Florence Price once again
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Lara Downes and Yannick Nézet-Séguin offer the subscription debut of Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement, followed by the ultimate crowd pleaser, Beethoven's Ninth.
A Brooklyn salon for Clara Schumann's 200th birthday
Downes' playing is soulful, perhaps rather American, which gave Schumann a late-night jazziness. That tendency fit better with selections by Nina Simone and Harlem Renaissance composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price.