Two decades after he wrote his Negro Folk Symphony, composer William Dawson traveled to West Africa. Based on what he heard there, he revised his music to convey “...the missing elements that were lost when Africans came into bondage outside their homeland." On today's show, hear Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony played by The Orchestra Now with conductor Leon Botstein.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B flat major
Jenny Lin, piano
Album: Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues
Hanssler 98530
Reinhold Gliere: Three Duets for Violin and Cello, Op. 39
Sarah Oates, violin | Amir Eldan, cello
Maui Classical Music Festival, Makawao Union Church, Makawao, Maui, HI
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Danusha Goska calling from Paterson, NJ
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117
Maxwell Quartet
Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, ME
Hour 2
Anton Arensky: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35: III. Finale: Andante Sostenuto - Allegro Moderato
Kirsten Johnson, viola | Lynn Harrell and Zuill Bailey, cellos | Soovin Kim, violin
Album: Dohnanyi: Serenade In C Major - Arensky: String Quartet No. 2
Delos
William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony: Movements 1, 3
The Orchestra Now | Leon Botstein, conductor
Bard College - The Orchestra Now, The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Zoe Cutler: Obstacle Illusion
Timothy McAllister, saxophone | Liz Ames, piano
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on an Original Theme in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio
String Theory at the Hunter, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
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