- Edward Kennedy Ellington
Three Black Kings, Ballet for Orchestra (1943)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
arr, by Luther Henderson
- 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4441/timp.perc/gtr.hp.pf/str
- 15 min
- 15th December 2023, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD, United States of America
- 12th January 2024, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America
Programme Note
Propulsive dance rhythms accompany this musical depiction of Balthazaar, King of the Magi; King Solomon; and Martin Luther King — a rousing Gospel style treatment wraps up the work.