Amadi Azikiwe – 2023 Founder’s Concert

Beethoven and Blues

Amadi Azikiwe, violin and viola
Mikael Darmanie, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – Sonata in E flat op. 12 no. 3
Allegro con spirito
Adagio con molt’ espressione
Rondo-Allegro molto

David Baker (1931-2016) – Deliver My Soul

Coleridge – Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004) – Blue/s Forms
Plain Blue/s
Just Blue/s
Jettin’ Blue/s

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) – Sonata in A major op. 47
Adagio sostenuto-Presto
Andante con Variazioni
Finale-Presto

Dr. Williams was one of the first African-American presenters of a major classical music concert series in the United States and it is to him that we offer this special tribute. His love of classical music began as a child when he attended concerts by legendary artists such as tenor Roland Hayes and contralto Marian Anderson, In 1958, at a time when the classical music world, and much of the rest of society, was racially segregated, he began presenting artists of all races and organizing racially diverse audiences. Over 40-plus years in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, he introduced to the world some of the finest musicians of our time.