The Cleveland Orchestra performs music by composer Brian Nabors

The Cleveland Orchestra’s 46th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert features soprano Latonia Moore and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus, an all-volunteer community chorus. The program takes the audience on a journey through Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s evolution as a prominent servant leader:

Program

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
• Traditional: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand (arr. Margaret Bonds)
  
  • Latonia Moore, soprano
• Traditional: Bound for Canaan’s Land(arr. Undine Smith Moore)
  
  • MLK Chorus; Dr. William Henry Caldwell, conductor
• Traditional: Give Me Jesus(arr. Jester Hairston)
  
  • MLK Chorus; Latonia Moore, soprano;Dr. William Henry Caldwell, conductor
• Joel Thompson: An Act of Resistance
• Gioachino Rossini: Inflammatus from Stabat Mater
  
  • MLK Chorus; Latonia Moore, soprano
• Brian Raphael Nabors: Pulse
• Richard Smallwood: Total Praise
  
  • MLK Chorus; Dr. William Henry Caldwell, conductor
• Hezekiah Walker: Every Praise is to Our God
  
  • MLK Chorus; Dr. William Henry Caldwell, conductor
• Allison Loggins-Hull: Ode from Grit. Grace. Glory.
• Charles Gounod: Sanctus from St. Cecilia Mass
  
  • MLK Chorus; Latonia Moore, soprano
• J. Rosamond Johnson: Lift Every Voice and Sing
  
  • MLK Chorus; Latonia Moore, soprano

Although the concert is free, tickets are required and available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning on Saturday, January 3, at 10 a.m.

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