The King of Love
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Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C.
National Archives
I listened to Nina Simone and Gene Taylor's lament, "Why (The King of Love is Dead)" for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this morning and I cried. That led me to want to share it with you on the program this evening as a tribute to Dr. King on his birthday.
It's a packed and intense show, otherwise, with music from Erika Dohi, Tyshawn Sorey, Brad Mehldau, Du Yun and the Jack Quartet, Kronos, Balun, and more!
6:00 p.m.
Evan Ziporyn
Music from Shadowbang: Angkat
Bang on a Can All-Stars
6:01 p.m.
Erika Dohi; Immanuel Wilkins
Dioscuri
Erika Dohi, piano
6:10 p.m.
Robot Koch; Fiora Cutler
The First One
Dreaming of Ghosts
6:15 p.m.
Tyshawn Sorey
Eight
Tyshawn Sorey, drums; Todd Neufield, electric guitar; John Escreet, piano; Chris Tordini, bass
6:19 p.m.
Brad Mehldau
Deep Water
Brad Mehldau, piano; Becca Stevens, voice; Gabriel Kahane, voice; Sara Caswell, Lois Martin, Noah Hoffeld, strings; Mark Guiliana, drums
6:24 p.m.
Reena Esmail
When The Guitar
Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:30 p.m.
Du Yun
Dreams-Bend
International Contemporary Ensemble
6:33 p.m.
Masayoshi Fujita
Morocco
Masayoshi Fujita, vibraphone
6:39 p.m.
Max Richter
MUSIC BED - Spring 0
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Max Richter, moog synthesizer
6:41 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
Nina
Jean-Michel Blais, piano
6:44 p.m.
Dizzy Gillespie
Con Alma
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Magos Herrera, vocal
6:49 p.m.
Gene Taylor
Why (The King of Love is Dead)
Nina Simone, voice; Gene Taylor, bass
6:58 p.m.
Evan Ziporyn
Music from Shadowbang: Angkat
Bang on a Can All-Stars
6:59 p.m.
Gugulethu Duma
for madala
Dumama + Kechou Dumama, vocals and baby synth; Kechou, percussion, bass, and synth; Dion Monti, synthesisers
7:06 p.m.
Foday Musa Suso
Tilliboyo (Sunset)
Kronos Quartet; Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
7:10 p.m.
Balun
La Nueva Ciudad
Balun
7:17 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:32 p.m.
Alexis Ffrench
Bluebird
City of Prague Philharmonic Alexis Ffrench, piano
7:36 p.m.
Nils Frahm
A Shimmer
Nils Frahm
7:43 p.m.
Ariel Marx
Interference
Ariel Marx
7:47 p.m.
Chris Thile; Edgar Meyer
Look What I Found
Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, piano
7:52 p.m.
Max Richter
MUSIC BED - Spring 0
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Max Richter, moog synthesizer
7:53 p.m.
Joseph Shabason
Aytche
Joseph Shabason, saxophone
7:57 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Bibo No Aozora
Ryuichi Sakamoto, piano; Everton Nelson, violin
8:05 p.m.
Evan Ziporyn
Music from Shadowbang: Angkat
Bang on a Can All-Stars
