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Performance Today for Monday, January 21, 2008

Episode Playlist

Nathaniel Dett: "Magnolias" from Magnolia Suite and "Honey, Humoresque" from "In the Bottoms"
Pianist Denver Oldham

J. Rosamond Johnson: "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Morehouse College and Spelman College Glee Clubs with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to "La Forza del Destino"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

Duke Ellington: Selections for "The River"
Pianist Duke Ellington

Daniel Bernard Roumain: "Signifying Dances" from "Hip Hop Essay No. 2 for Orchestra"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Hallelujah Chorus" from "Christ on the Mount of Olives"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Morehouse College and Spelman College Glee Clubs with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

Traditional: "Deep River"
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Matthew Hagle

Traditional: "Ain't That Good News"
The Morehouse College and Spelman College Glee Clubs with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

George Walker: "Lyric for Strings"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

Jennifer Higdon: "Peachtree Street" from "Cityscape"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

Aaron Copland: "Lincoln Portrait"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with conductor Chelsea Tipton II and narrator Andrew Young

Traditional: "Order My Steps"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Morehouse College and Spelman College Glee Clubs with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

Traditional: "We Shall Overcome"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Morehouse College and Spelman College Glee Clubs with conductor Chelsea Tipton II

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