'Umoja' is a Swahili word meaning unity and maintaining connection to family and community. And Umoja takes on special meaning this time of year, as one of the seven guiding principles of Kwanzaa. On today's show, we'll hear Valerie Coleman's "Umoja, Anthem of Unity."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jessie Montgomery: Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Gloria Chien, piano
Album: Here With You
Cedille 207
Valerie Coleman: Umoja: Anthem of Unity
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Stephane Deneve, conductor
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
Judith Lang Zaimont: Serenade
Melissa White, violin | Paul Wiancko, cello | Awadagin Pratt, piano
Album: Eternal Evolution
Navona 5846
Jessie Montgomery: Rounds for Piano and Strings
Awadagin Pratt, piano | Minnesota Orchestra | Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58: Mvt 1
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak, arr. PUBLIQuartet: Improvisations on Dvorak's String Quartet No. 12 "American": Mvt 4
PUBLIQuartet
Album: What is American
Bright Shiny Things 171
George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor: Mvt 4
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Tania Leon: Alma
Amelia Lukas, flute | Stewart Goodyear, piano
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR
Antonín Dvorák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87
Benjamin Hochman, piano | Susie Park, violin | Melissa Reardon, viola | Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Portland Chamber Music Festival, Hannaford Hall, Portland, ME
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