Programs · Episode
Reflection and Celebration
Program: Lift Every Voice
Aired: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
Hosted by Joshua Hood
Explore more works by our featured composer, Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, a symphony written in the voice of Bernstein and Miles Davis, a sweet lullaby, and we’ll end with a few fireworks.
Heard on this Episode:
James V Cockerham arranged by Michael Morgan (2019): “Lift Every Voice”
Gateways Festival Orchestra
Coleridge Taylor Perkinson (1956): Grass:A Poem for Piano Strings & Percussion
Paul Freeman, conductor
Chicago Sinfonietta
William Banfield (1995): Symphony #6 Four Songs for 5 American Voices
I. “If Bernstein Wrote It”
III. “I’m Dizzy Over Miles”
Alan Balter, conductor
Akron Symphony
Adolphus Hailstork (1984): Nocturne
Philip Brunelle, conductor
The Ensemble Singers of The Plymouth Music Singers
Jessie Montgomery (2015): Strum: Music for Strings Starburst
Julian Wachner, conductor
Playlist
7 pm | |
| Lift Every Voice (Program 4) | |
| James V. Cockerham · Lift Every Voice and Sing Gateways Music Festival Orchestra (rec. Aug. 11, 2019) Kodak Hal Gateways Music Festiv al n/a n/a | |
| Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson · Grass: Poem for Piano, Strings & Percussion Chicago Sinfonietta Joseph Joubert, piano Cedille Records 087 "Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration" | |
| William Banfield · Symphony No. 6 "Four Songs for Five American Voices" (i. If Bernstein Wrote It) Akron Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80409 "American Voices - The African American Composers' Project" | |
| William Banfield · Symphony No. 6 "Four Songs for Five American Voices" (iii. I'm Dizzy Over Miles) Akron Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80409 "American Voices - The African American Composers' Project" | |
| Adolphus Hailstork · "Nocturne" (poem by Jim Curtis) VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Maria Jette, soprano Clarion 906 "Dance Like the Wind - Music of Today's Black Composers" | |
| Jessie Montgomery · Strum, for string quartet (2012) Catalyst Quartet Azica 71302 "Strum: Music for Strings" | |
| Jessie Montgomery · Starburst ensemble conducted by Julian Wachner Azica 71302 "Strum: Music for Strings" | |