#3359: Music Based on Earlier Songs
Hear works based on earlier songs for this New Sounds program, including Bernard Hoey's “I Am Petrified,” based on Queen's "We Will Rock You." Also, listen to Don Byron's String Quartet,"Four Thoughts...
View ArticleAmazing Grace
This week Together in Song explores choral expressions of spiritual gratitude and wonder, from Bach’s Magnificat to a beautiful setting of "Amazing Grace" from a composer best known for his work with...
View Article#3359: Music Based on Earlier Songs
Hear works based on earlier songs for this New Sounds program, including Bernard Hoey's “I Am Petrified,” based on Queen's "We Will Rock You." Also, listen to Don Byron's String Quartet,"Four Thoughts...
View Article#3359: Music Based on Earlier Songs
Hear works based on earlier songs for this New Sounds program, including Bernard Hoey's “I Am Petrified,” based on Queen's "We Will Rock You." Also, listen to Don Byron's String Quartet,"Four Thoughts...
View ArticleAmazing Grace Begins Previews on Broadway
Experience the world premiere of the new musical "Amazing Grace" this summer at the Nederlander Theatre. This transformative work chronicles the story of a young man, John Newton (played by Tony...
View ArticleThe Historical Irony of 'Amazing Grace'
The story behind one of the best-known hymns in the English language is the subject of the new Broadway musical "Amazing Grace." The show tells the story of the man who wrote, “I once was lost, but now...
View ArticleHow Sweet the Sound
How a church hymn became an American anthem: the surprising and complicated story behind “Amazing Grace.” Plus, a conversation with novelist Yewande Omotoso about her book, “The Woman Next Door.” And...
View ArticleAmerican Icons: Amazing Grace
This is America’s anthem for civil rights.There is exactly one old hymn that everyone recognizes, and moves people who have no feeling for the spiritual or religious. “Amazing Grace” transcended the...
View ArticleAretha’s Amazing Grace
The documentary “Amazing Grace” captures Aretha Franklin recording her eponymous gospel album in a Los Angeles church in 1972. The footage was shot by camera crews led by Hollywood director Sydney...
View ArticleMeklit & Kronos Quartet – The President Sang Amazing Grace (Weekly Music...
Meklit & Kronos Quartet – The President Sang Amazing Grace (Weekly Music Roundup)The 2015 murder of Black congregants by a racist gunman at the Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina made headlines....
View Article[Unedited] Hanif Abdurraqib with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing is filled with lyricism, rhythm, people and precision. In his essays and poetry, he introduces readers to a soundscape of Black performance and Black joy: we hear hip-hop and...
View ArticleHanif Abdurraqib — Moments of Shared Witnessing
Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing is filled with lyricism, rhythm, people and precision. In his essays and poetry, he introduces readers to a soundscape of Black performance and Black joy: we hear hip-hop and...
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