Dance and Destiny @HCH

Join the Etobicoke Philharmonic on Saturday, May 8, 2027 at Humber Cultural Hub Recital Hall - 3199 Lake Shore Blvd W, Etobicoke, ON M8V 1K8 (map) - for Dance and Destiny @HCH.

Florence Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes draws on early 20th century African American culture. Toe-tapping “Nimble Feet” feet and sultry “Tropical Noon” are followed by a “Silk hat and Walking Cane” cake walk that mocks harsh plantation owners strutting their finery. The dances come from a history shaped by oppression and resilience.

This hardship behind the dance is a timeless theme: 70 years earlier on another continent, Brahms' sweeping Symphony No. 4 evokes a quality of absolute music - music to be felt purely on its own terms. It is a profound meditation on fate, loss, human resilience, and mortality.

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Programme: Florence Price arranged by William Grant Still — Dances in the Canebrakes; Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98.