From the Mountaintop: Commemorating the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King
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FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP:
CONCERT COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Organized in collaboration with the Harlem Opera, and the Schiller Institute
A CLASSICAL MUSIC DRAMATIC RETROSPECTIVE.
“You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse to do it because you want to live longer…. You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab you, or shoot at you or bomb your house; so you refuse to take the stand.
"Well, you may go on and live until you are 90, but you’re just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90. And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On April 9, 1968, 50 years ago, the funeral of Martin Luther King was held in Atlanta Georgia. This April 9,The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture invites you to join us to celebrate the triumph of Martin Luther King's stand against injustice, even at the cost of his life. “You are never defeated if you don’t stop fighting.”
Selections from: Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Brahms, Roland Hayes, Hall Johnson, Roland Carter, and others. Spirituals
- Dr. Simon Estes, internationally renowned bass-baritone
- Dr. Roland Carter, composer, conductor and pianist,
- Dr. Gregory Hopkins, tenor, conductor, pianist.
- Osceola Davis, soprano, former soloist Metropolitan Opera
- Elvira Green, mezzo-soprano, former Metropolitan Opera
- Everett Suttle, tenor
- Indira Mahajan, Soprano
- Linda Childs, Alto
- Jay Baylon, bass-baritone
- Frank Mattis, baritone
- Richard Alston, pianist
- Ed Asner, actor, former President of Screen Actor Guild
For more information and to purchase reserve seats tickets call: 718-709-8722 or visit ffrcc.org
Reservations recommended. Tickets and contributions at the door. Special student rate. Call 718-709-8722.
