- 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
- 8th December 2024, Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, Drexel Hill, PA, United States of America
- 10th January 2025, Dell Hall at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, TX, 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.