America 250: A Classical Portrait
Music of Freedom for Juneteenth on this week's Choral Showcase. Highlights include Credo, Margaret Bonds's collaboration with W.E.B. Dubois; Sanctuary Road, a harrowing portrait of the Underground Railroad by Paul Moravec; and Florence Price's own Song of Hope.
Show Notes
Traditional: Soon One Mornin' Medley
- Chanticleer
Paul Moravec: Sanctuary Road
- Laquita Mitchell, soprano; Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Blue, tenor; Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone; Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
- Oratorio Society of New York Chorus and Orchestra
- Kent Tritle, conductor
Margaret Bonds: Credo (text by W.E.B. Dubois)
- Janinah Burnett, soprano; Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
- The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra
- Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Florence Price: Song of Hope
- Sara Swietlicki, soprano; Lindsay Grace Johnson, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Samuelsson, baritone
- Robert Bennesh, organ
- Malmo Opera Orchestra and Chorus
- John Jeter, conductor