On the Martin Luther King holiday we'll celebrate Dr. King's legacy with music. Joseph Schwantner's 'New Morning for the World' features inspiring, galvanizing words from Dr. King's speeches. Plus, a musical connection with the legacy of Nelson Mandela. It's our annual King celebration, on Monday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Duke Ellington: Village Virgins, from The River
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Still: Symphony No. 1/ Ellington: The River Suite
Chandos 9154
American Spiritual (arr. Moses Hogan): My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, conductor
Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Thomas Dorsey: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Mahalia Jackson, vocal; The Fall-Jones Ensemble: Mildred Falls, piano; Ralph Jones, organ
Bless This House
Columbia Records 889
Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World: Daybreak of Freedom
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., narrator; National Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
The Music of Joseph Schwantner
RCA 68692
Charles Ives: Unanswered Question
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, NY
Hour 2
Traditional (arr. Moses Hogan): Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor; Moses Hogan, piano
Negro Spirituals
Virgin 63305
John Rosamond / James Weldon Johnson (arr. Valerie Coleman): Lift Every Voice and Sing
Imani Winds
Imani Winds: Umoja
Imani Winds 6227
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, B. 178 in e minor, "From the New World": 1. Adagio - molto allegro; 2. Largo; 4. Allegro con fuoco
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Anna Mattix, English horn (Largo); JoAnn Falletta, music director and conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Joseph Shabalala / Paul Simon: Homeless
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Secrest Artists Series, Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Traditional: We Shall Overcome
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers and audience
SNCC Freedom Singers Reunion concert, Washington, DC
Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
Smithsonian/Folkways Records 40032
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