If a single voice could invite harmony, it was the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. Strong and powerful, yet nuanced and musical in his sense of phrasing. The sound of his voice, and his message of freedom, peacefully fought to add voices to a border-less choir of love and decency. On Monday's Performance today, you'll hear "From the Mountaintop" by Richard Danielpour, inspired by the voice, sound, and message of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Stephen Hough: On Falla
Stephen Hough, piano
Stephen Hough's Spanish Album
Hyperion 67565
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor ("Grande Sonate"), D. 784 (Op. posth. 143)
Stephen Hough, piano
The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT
Bruce Adolphe: I Will Not Remain Silent: Movement 2
Sharon Roffman, violin; IRIS Orchestra; Michael Stern, conductor
Germantown Performing Arts Center, Germantown, TN
Florence B. Price: String Quartet in G
Northwest Arkansas String Quartet: Er-Gene Kahng, violin; Ryan Cockerham, violin; Tazonio Anderson, viola; Patrick Bellah, cello
University of Arkansas, Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fayetteville, AR
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade for Winds in C minor K. 388: Movement 3
Allan Vogel, oboe; Kimaree Gilad, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Carey Bell, clarinet; Dennis Godburn, bassoon
Vol. 4: Mozart and Winds
Music@Menlo 20064
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056
Inon Barnatan, piano; St. Lawrence String Quartet
Bank of America's Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Elliot Cole: Postlude, No. 8
Richard Brown, Riely Francis, Craig Hausschildt, Tom Sherwood, bowed vibraphones
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Richard Danielpour: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, "From the Mountaintop"
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Gateways Music Festival, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY
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