On Sunday, January 20th at 4 PM, we honor the memory of MLK with “A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood: A Musical Journey in the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr" on WRTI 90.1.
Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up listening to and singing church songs, and saw gospel and folk music as natural tools to further the civil rights movement.
In this hour-long special, host Terrance McKnight interweaves musical examples with Dr. King's own speeches and sermons to illustrate the powerful place that music held in his work--and examines how the musical community responded to and participated in Dr. King's cause.
MUSICAL EXCERPTS:
Precious Lord Take My Hand
Gospel
Soon, One Mornin'
Spiritual
Gone With the Wind: Tara's Theme
Max Steiner
Ave Maria
Franz Schubert
My Country 'tis of Thee
Traditional
Brothers, Sing On
Edvard Grieg
Lonesome Trail Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
Billie Holiday, vocals
One O'Clock Jump
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Der Nussbaum No. 3, Op. 25
Robert Schumann
Louise: Depuis le jour
Gustave Charpentier
Plaisir D'Amour
Johann Paul A. Martini
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 21
George Chadwick
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83
Johannes Brahms
Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava del silencio
Gaetano Donizetti
The Alabama bus
Brother Will Hairston
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round
Spiritual
We Shall not be Moved
Spiritual
Elijah Rock
arr. by J. Hairston
Black, Brown, Beige: Black
Duke Ellington
King Fit de battle of Alabama
Duke Ellington
Guys and Dolls: The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)
Frank Loesser
The Rat Pack Live at the Sands.
Amen
Ottis Redding
We Shall Overcome
Pete Seeger
Only a pawn in their Game
Bob Dylan
Oh Freedom
Odetta
Alabama
John Coltrane
Freedom Now Suite: Freedom Day
Max Roach
Fables of Faubus
Charles Mingus
Change is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke
People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield
Curits mayfield and the Impressions.
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
Spiritual
There is a Balm in Gilead
Spiritual
Precious Lord Take My Hand
Gospel
Precious Lord Take My Hand
Spiritual
The Passion of Martin Luther King
Nicolas Flagello
Symphony No. 1 (Homage to M.Luther King)
Leonardo Balada