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We revisit a week of Black American spirituals curated by Michael Barrett. This post originally ran on October 1, 2015. Today’s song is “Let Us Break Bread Together” sung by Jessye Norman, with beautifully orchestrated accompaniment. Antonin Dvorak was an early...
We revisit a week of Black American spirituals curated by Michael Barrett. This post originally ran on September 30, 2015. In our brief survey of the Black American Spiritual this week, we’ve heard from Marian Anderson and Mahalia Jackson. Let’s hear now from Robert...
We revisit a week of Black American spirituals curated by Michael Barrett. This post originally ran on September 29, 2015. Today’s Song of the Day features Mahalia Jackson and Nat King Cole in "Steal Away." The lyrics are “Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus....
We revisit a week of Black American spirituals curated by Michael Barrett. This post originally ran on September 28, 2015. I have just been baptized in the Colorado River. It wasn’t intentional. I was swept into the rapids of Cataract Canyon about 100 miles south of...
This week we are reposting music by J. S. Bach shared by Michael Barrett a few years ago. This post original ran on September 22, 2017. To end the week on an upbeat, let’s have a group sing. Here is the opening chorus from Bach’s Cantata No. 11. It is from the...
This week we are reposting music by J. S. Bach shared by Michael Barrett a few years ago. This post original ran on September 21, 2017. Continuing our quick survey of J.S. Bach, here is another cantata aria. It is really chamber music. The countertenor’s expressive...