Composer/performer Roger Latzgo of Germansville, will deliver “Pennsylvania’s Immigrants – A Musical Tapestry,” his tribute in tune to the drama of our state’s cultural scene, to The Palmerton Historic Society on Monday.
The efficiency will happen at 6:30 p.m. within the Knights Gallery of the Palmerton Library, 402 Delaware Ave., Palmerton. Pennsyvania’s Immigrants is Latzgo’s musical sketch of the labors, hopes and joys of Pennsylvanians, a lot of them immigrants, as they pursued the American dream.
Latzgo’s singing will take you to the mines, mills and church picnics of the Keystone State and provide the wealthy musical taste of an period outlined by exhausting work and new prospects.
A few of the songs on this system are Latzgo’s unique compositions.
“River Of Metal” recollects messages by important ladies concerning life in an industrial city.
In “Open Fireside Blues” you’ll hear the straightforward eloquence of blue-collar dignity and angle.
“Tame The Hearth” offers with pictures and metaphors of trade and its psychic area in our neighborhood.
Latzgo’s tune about Joe Magarac, the Paul Bunyan of Pennsylvania’s metal mills, seems on his latest CD, Wild Nights.
The efficiency will embody Latzgo’s distinctive dealing with of conventional Slavic folks music, nonetheless a powerful presence in Pennsylvania and intimately tied to our industries.
His music, described playfully by American composer David Amram as ethnofunkology, is a mix of the people traditions of Central Europe with Latzgo’s homegrown American influences.
“In my unique compositions, I attempt to use metaphors resembling wine, dance, nature and heroism that seem within the folks music of my ancestors who arrived within the Lehigh Valley about 100 years in the past” says the Germansville resident. Staying targeted on these traditions is the unifying thread of Latzgo’s music.
“With it, I’m reaching out to audiences of right now. By honoring the ‘musical gems’ of my grandparents, I deliver them to folks of my technology and their youngsters who may need missed them.”
For over 40 years, Dr. Latzgo has been performing his music on levels all through the world.
He’s the recipient of an Worldwide Angel Award for “Greatest Composer” which was offered in a ceremony in Hollywood. His newest tasks contain historic Greek myths: Reflections within the Wine Darkish Sea.
For extra info, name 610-824-6954 or go to www.palmertonhistorical.org or www.rogerlatzgo.com.
Roger Latzgo performing a program of Slavic music entitled Pennsylvania’s Immigrants – A Musical Tapestry on the Palmerton Historic Society on Nov. 14. PRESS PHOTO COURTESY LISA LAKE