Evening Concert

“The Sound of 13” and “The Middle”

Music by Florence Price, then Politics on "The Middle"
 

Tonight at 7:00 on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.  

Thursday, October 3, 7:00 pm: The Sound of 13 (SOT 20-12)

Selma and the 15th Amendment
The 15th amendment to the United States Constitution promised everyone’s right to vote, but 100 years after its ratification Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was still helping Black communities fight for that right. Garrett McQueen will speak to the march on Selma and share a little music from the movie, Selma, on this edition of The Sound of 13.

Ignatius Sancho – Minuet Suite (live performance); Afro-American Music Society Orchestra, Janise White

Jason Moran – Final Speech (from Selma); Studio Orchestra

Florence Price – Dances in the Canebrakes; Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen

Aaron Copland – Lincoln Portrait; James Earl Jones, narrator; Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz

Thursday, October 3, 8:00 pm: The Middle (24-40)

A weekly, nonpartisan, live, call-in talk show specifically focused on elevating the voices of the people in the middle of the country.