His mother was a choir director; his wife was a conservatory-trained singer, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s speeches were peppered with musical cadences and images. Coming up on the next Heifetz On Air, a tribute in music to Dr. King, featuring works by Antonin Dvorak, Florence Price, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Virginia’s own Adolphus Hailstork.
This Episode’s Playlist
Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor: III. Juba
Elena Urioste, violin; Melissa White, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola | Rosemary Elliott, cello | Tom Poster, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA | 07.29.2022
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River, Op. 59, No. 10 from 24 Negro Spirituals (1904)
Wynton Grant, violin | Stefan Petrov, piano
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA | 07.04.2016
Antonin Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 “American:”
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Lento
Julia Angelov, violin; Yezu Woo, violin | Matt Cohen, viola | Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Great Hall, Blackburn Inn & Conference Center, Stauton, VA | 03.14.2021
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor (1932)
II. Andante
Andrew Rosenblum, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA | 07.19.2021
Adolphus Hailstork: String Quartet No. 2, “Variations on Swing Low Sweet Chariot”
Borromeo String Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen, violin | Kristopher Tong, violin | Mai Motobuchi, viola | Yeesun Kim, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA | 07.29.2022