Music: Sun May 30

 

It's often been conjectured that jealousy--the natural complement to entitlement--was one of the driving forces behind the destruction of the largely African-American community of Greenwood, Tulsa. The community was professionally accomplished and highly educated. This morning's Gathering Music includes recordings by the legendary contralto Marian Anderson as well as an excerpt from Duke Ellington's "Black, Brown, and Beige."  Anderson would become the first Black singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, and Ellington's work is essentially a symphonic tone poem by a composer yearning for access to the white-dominated world of art music.  Read on for programming details, and stay tuned for spoken introductions.

Gathering Music:
"Black, Brown, and Beige" Part 3

                                    Duke Ellington

Marion Anderson, contralto

"America" (recorded live at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939)

"He's Got the Whole World in his Hands"

                                    Traditional Spiritual

 

Centering Music: Adam Kent, piano

Tangamerican

                                    Margaret Bonds

Anthem: CUUC Choir and Friends, directed by Lisa N. Meyer and accompanied by Georgianna Pappas

"You Will Be Found" from Dear Evan Hansen

                                                Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

 

Musical Meditation:
Cinnamon Grove No. 2

                                                R. Nathaniel Dett

 

Interlude:
"Momentum"

                                                Tania León

 

Parting Music:
"The Monk"

                                                Valerie Capers