Highlights of Monday afternoon's program include The Montgomery Variations, Margaret Bonds' 1964 orchestral work dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and inspired by the composer's visit to Montgomery, Alabama, during the Civil Rights Movement.
Joseph Schwantner's stirring New Morning for the World: Daybreak of Freedom for narrator and orchestra will give voice to the immortal words of Martin Luther King, Jr., himself—and we'll also hear new music by the Chicago-based composer Stacy Garrop, written for and performed by the acclaimed Kronos Quartet and incorporating the recorded voice of the legendary Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson, who was a close friend of Dr. King, and on that platform with him at the historic March on Washington
and can be heard, urging, "Tell them about the dream, Martin—tell them about the dream..."
Finally, as January 19 is also the birthday of the legendary Edgar Allan Poe, we'll also enjoy several musical selections inspired that master of the macabre and one America's first great literary figures.
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday afternoon from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.
