by Steven Blier | Jul 8, 2020 | Song of the Day
This week we are re-sharing a week of posts from our first summer of Song of the Day! Today’s post by Steven Blier originally ran on July 22, 2015. I am up to the “White Album” in my summer traversal of the Beatles songs. My feeling so far is that they reached...
by Steven Blier | Jul 7, 2020 | Song of the Day
This week we are re-sharing a week of posts from our first summer of Song of the Day! Today’s post by Steven Blier originally ran on July 21, 2015. Right now I am at Wolf Trap working on a concert devoted to the Rodgers clan—songs by Rodgers with both Hart and...
by Steven Blier | Jul 6, 2020 | Song of the Day
This week we are re-sharing a week of posts from our first summer of Song of the Day! Today’s post by Steven Blier originally ran on July 20, 2015. While the projects mentioned happened years ago, NYFOS looks forward to another exciting project with Julia...
by Michael Barrett | Jun 25, 2020 | Song of the Day
We revisit a week of Black American spirituals curated by Michael Barrett. This post originally ran on October 2, 2015. For my final choice of this week’s survey, I have a selection of six from the amazing Shirley Verrett in live concert from the 1960s. Ms. Verrett...
by Michael Barrett | Jun 25, 2020 | Song of the Day
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...
by Michael Barrett | Jun 24, 2020 | Song of the Day
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...
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