{"id":2517,"date":"2023-04-08T23:53:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T03:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2023-04-08T23:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T03:53:39","slug":"george-shirley-a-week-long-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/2023\/04\/george-shirley-a-week-long-tribute.html","title":{"rendered":"George Shirley &#8212; a Week-long Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2517-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shirley-5-min-clip.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shirley-5-min-clip.mp4\">https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shirley-5-min-clip.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>George Shirley, at the Brevard Festival, tells two Roland Hayes stories \u2014 Hayes being thrown out of a shoestore in his hometown; Hayes passing a note to George Shirley in Boston \u2014 and then sings Hayes\u2019 arrangement of the spiritual \u201cLit\u2019l Boy\u201d (with JH at the piano).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to John Spencer and Chamber Music Cincinnati, \u201cGeorge Shirley: A Life in Music\u201d will be celebrated for an entire week in that city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday, April 9: George Shirley sings Easter Sunday spirituals at three Cincinnati churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, April 10 (7 pm): George Shirley and I reprise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/2023\/01\/george-shirley-a-life-in-music-on-npr.html\">\u201c<strong>George Shirley: A Life in Music<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d the program we presented last summer at the Brevard Festival, with video clips and live performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, April 11 (7 pm): \u201cDvorak\u2019s Prophecy.\u201d A program based on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/josephhorowitz.com\/content.asp?elemento_id=68\">my boo<\/a>k,<\/strong>\u00a0with more performances by George Shirley and myself, plus pianist Meishan Lin. (Dvorak\u00a0<em>American<\/em>\u00a0Suite; Harry Burleigh spirituals; Harry Burleigh \u201cLovely Dark and Lonely One\u201d \u2013 a magnificent concert song, Burleigh\u2019s valedictory,\u00a0\u00a0still barely known.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, April 14: George Shirley is soloist at the Cincinnati Symphony\u2019s \u201cClassical Roots\u201d concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Monday and Tuesday performances, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, are free but require registration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cincychamber.org\/concert-schedule\/shirley-week\">here.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to John Spencer and Chamber Music Cincinnati, \u201cGeorge Shirley: A Life in Music\u201d will be celebrated for an entire week in that city. Sunday, April 9: George Shirley sings Easter Sunday spirituals at three Cincinnati churches. 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