- 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
- 1st December 2024, Schuster Center, Dayton, OH, United States of America
- 8th December 2024, Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, Drexel Hill, PA, 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.