The great American writer James Baldwin was born 100 years ago. Baldwin's writing, and even much of his life, was connected to music. He once wrote, "Life comes out of music, and music comes out of life: without trusting the first, it is impossible to create the second." Join us today for a tribute to James Baldwin and what it means to be an artist and human being.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog: Don't Explain
Leyla McCalla, soprano | Lara Downes, piano
Album: Holes in the Sky
Sony 92079
Wynton Marsalis: Trumpet Concerto: Mvts. 2, 4, 5, 6
Alison Balsom, trumpet | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Christian Macelaru, conductor
EBU, Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Joel Thompson: My People
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor | Kevin J. Miller, piano
Album: Rising
Warner 57842
Duke Ellington: Come Sunday
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra | Michael Brockman, conductor
Album: Sacred Music Of Duke Ellington
Origin 82456
Jeff Scott: Passion for Bach and Coltrane: Variation 13
Imani Winds | Harlem Quartet | Alex Brown, piano | Edward Perez, bass | Neal Smith, drums
Album: Passion for Bach and Coltrane
Imani Winds
Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog, arr. Jed Distler: God Bless the Child
Lara Downes, piano
Album: A Billie Holiday Songbook
Steinway & Sons 30026
Sam Cooke, arr. Jeremy Siskind: A Change Is Gonna Come
Lara Downes, piano
Brevard Music Center, Parker Concert Hall, Brevard, NC
Hour 2
Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 41, P. 226 Movement 2 Largo
Anthony McGill clarinet | Demarre McGill, flute | Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra | Allen Tinkham, conductor
Album: Winged Creatures
Cedille
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro, M. 46
Nancy Allen, harp | Jennifer Frautschi, violin | Oliver Neubauer, violin | Nicholas Cords, viola | Fred Sherry, cello | Ransom Wilson, flute | David Shifrin, clarinet
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Eric Crees: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
WDR Symphony Orchestra Brass Section | Eric Crees, conductor
EBU, Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
Samuel Barber: Mutations from Bach
WDR Symphony Orchestra Brass Section | Eric Crees, conductor
EBU, Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
Michael Abels: Winged Creatures
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Demarre McGill, flute | Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra | Allen Tinkham, conductor
Album: Winged Creatures
Cedille 187
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