In 2014, composer Jonathan Bailey Holland was grappling with profound sadness about the number of Black Americans killed by police. He couldn't express his feelings in words, so he turned to music. On today's show, hear the world premiere concert performance of Dream Elegy by Jonathan Bailey Holland.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Thomas A. Dorsey, arr. Adrian Dunn: Precious Lord
The Adrian Dunn Singers; Adrian Dunn, conductor
Revelations
HoperaWorld Music NA
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
Joel Fan, piano
West of the Sun: Music of the Americas
Reference Recordings RR-119
Traditional arr. Lara Downes & PUBLIQuartet: Deep River (Arr. for Piano & String Quartet)
Lara Downes, piano; PUBLIQuartet
Some of These Days
Flipside Music NA
R. Nathaniel Dett: In the Bottoms - Suite: Prelude: Night
William Chapman Nyaho, piano
Senku - Piano Music by Composers of African Descent
MSR Classics NA
George Walker: Sonata for Piano No. 1
Redi Llupa, piano
George Walker's 95th year Celebration, Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, Op 84
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
Sphinx Organization, Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, MI
Adrian Dunn: Bells Orchestral Prelude (Live)
The Rise Orchestra; Adrian Dunn, conductor
Redemption Live in Chicago, Chicago Temple, Chicago, IL
Traditional, arr. Adrian Dunn: Bells (for Tamir Rice)
Darshaya Oden, soprano; The Adrian Dunn SIngers; Adrian Dunn, conductor
Redemption Live in Chicago, Chicago Temple, Chicago, IL
Hour 2
Jonathan Bailey Holland: Halcyon Sun Movement 3: Calm
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
American Portraits
Fanfare Cincinnati NA
Bedrich Smetana: From My Homeland
Members of the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble: Gil Morgenstern, violin; Benjamin Hochman, piano
An Appalachian Summer Festival, Rosen Concert Hall, Broyhill Music Center, Boone, NC
Erich Korngold: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
James Ehnes, violin; The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Jonathan Bailey Holland: Dream Elegy For Wind Ensemble
Boston Conservatory Ensemble; Eric Hewitt, conductor
Old South Church, Boston, MA
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