Dance and Destiny @HCH

2:00 pm, Saturday, May 8, 2027

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: 75 years earlier on another continent, Tchaikovsky’s sweeping Symphony No. 4 evokes the darkness of struggling with destiny and escaping the tension with a scherzo. When fate smiles at last, the piece explodes with exuberant Russian dance rhythms.

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Florence Price arranged by William Grant Still: Dances in the Canebrakes
Bramwell Tovey: Ancestral Voices
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36