Poster Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration, June 19, 1900, Texas
Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration, June 19, 1900, Texas
The Portal to Texas History, via Wikimedia Commons
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Freedom. Resilience. Strength.

June 19th, or Juneteenth, is the longest running celebration of the end of slavery. For many Americans, it's a day of reflection on freedom, resilience and strength. Join us for music to celebrate Juneteenth on this episode of Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Traditional, arr. Terence Blanchard: A City Called Heaven
Jubilant Sykes, baritone;Terence Blanchard, piano
Jubilant Sykes
Sony Classical NA

James Weldon Johnson & John Rosmond Johnson, arr. James Cockerham: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Gateways Music Festival, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY

William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony: Movements 1-2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Still: Symphony No. 2 / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony / Ellington: Harlem
CHANDOS 9226

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: from 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59: Steal Away
Frances Walker Slocum, piano
Coleridge-Taylor: 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59
Orion 7806

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World: Movement 1
Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Hour 2

Mikhail Glinka: A Greeting to My Native Land: I. Souvenir d'une mazurka
Vyacheslav Gryaznov, piano
Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Pt. 8
Melodiya NA

Maurice Ravel: Bolero
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

Leos Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
Parker Quartet
John Knowles Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Mikhail Glinka, arr. Vyacheslav Gryaznov: Valse-Fantaisie
Vyacheslav Gryaznov, piano
Grand Piano Series, Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, Naples, FL

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