Brubeck’s jazz oratorio was a plea for peace between blacks and Jews during a period of strife in the ’60s. Dave Brubeck told me, in a story we printed in the Enquirer: “It was an emotional time. The idea was to bring these two cultures together, to show similarities rather than their differences.”
CCM’s Choral Concert Series comes to a close this month with a special performance of Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 19.
The CCM Chorale, with music director and conductor Brett Scott. Photography by Lisa Britton.
Under the direction of CCM Associate Professor of Ensembles and Conducting Brett Scott, the CCM Chorale and Brass Choir will welcome the Phil DeGreg Trio and special guests from the Martin Luther King Chorale for this performance. This powerful and moving work will be presented at Hyde Park’s Knox Presbyterian Church.
Originally premiered in 1969 for the dedication of Cincinnati’s Rockdale Temple, Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice was a co-commission by CCM and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, with a premiere conducted by the legendary Cincinnati Pops conductor and former CCM faculty member Erich Kunzel.
Brubeck’s second large-scale sacred…
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