music
Labor and culture unite for virtual May Day concert at HotHouse
April 30, 2021Celebrate International Workers Day with a program featuring Jon Langford & Sally Timms, Marvin Tate, and Bill MacKay, plus shout-outs from activists in the labor movement.
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Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’: A beloved piece of music for children
April 19, 2021This musical fairy tale, just under half an hour in length, is a surprisingly successful example of Socialist Realism, the newly promoted Soviet esthetic of the 1930s.
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Baritone Will Liverman dreams of a new day in CD of Black composers
March 24, 2021Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers comprises more than an hour’s worth of 19 great songs by eight different composers.
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Attractive chamber works by Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor on new CD
March 16, 2021“Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was an iconic, Afro-British composer and a descendent of freed slaves who fought for the British in the American Revolutionary War."
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Victor Jara’s song returns as an anthem of our time
March 5, 2021What does it mean that Jara’s song returns as an anthem in our time, its call for the right to live in peace laden with meaning across generations?
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