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Reaching for the Divine: Jessie Montgomery’s New Cello Concerto Connects with Her Ancestors

October 13

Written in collaboration with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe and inspired by a trio of poems by Montgomery’s mother, ‘These Righteous Paths’ is a three-movement work for orchestra and cello.

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