Her refusal to give up her seat and move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 would spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott which would in turn help spark an entire movement. Today she is indeed known as the "mother of the modern civil rights movement." On this week's program, in the final hour, we will hear two works—Daniel Bernard Roumain's String Quartet No. 5 ("Rosa") and Michael Daugherty's "Rosa Parks Boulevard" for symphonic band—in honor of the civil rights leader, the anniversary of whose birth was earlier this week, on February 4.
Other highlights include music of love by Gustav Mahler for our upcoming Vanletnine's Day holiday, as well as a chamber work by the trail-blazing African-Anglo composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, sometimes known as "The Black Mahler"—and, finally, we'll also celebrate the 94 birthday of John Williams, as the legendary composer conducts the mighty Berlin Philharmonic in a wide selection of his beloved film music.
You can hear Sunday on Blue Lake with Foley Schuler every Sunday morning from 9 until noon on Blue Lake Public Radio.
