Happy 129th birthday, William Grant Still! We are still reliving the Orchestra’s incredible performances of Still’s Fourth Symphony earlier this season and have been actively restoring more works by the influential Black American composer, thanks to a generous grant from the Pew Foundation for Arts & Culture. We can’t wait to share them with you! | The Philadelphia Orchestra

Today, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra family celebrates and thanks the mother figures in our lives with a performance excerpt of William Grant Still’s serene and moving short work Mother and Child, recorded live in Orchestra Hall by the CSO and Riccardo Muti in May 2022. For additional videos of Riccardo Muti, visit riccardomutimusic.com. | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

William Grant Still’s relationship with The Philadelphia Orchestra runs deep as the composer was friends with former Music Director Leopold Stokowski, and the ensemble gave the world premiere of his Symphony No. 2 in 1937. It’s an honor to restore his works, thanks to a grant from the Pew Foundation for Arts and Culture, to ensure that his contributions to classical music are performed and heard worldwide. Tomorrow, June 26, the Orchestra will perform a newly restored orchestration of William Gr

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