“The Sound of 13” and “The Middle”

Tonight at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 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, August 8, 7:00 pm: The Sound of 13 (SOT 20-04)

Africa

Afro-American composer William Grant Still not only inspired Black audiences with his symphonies, but also with a number of tone poems, including one inspired by the Motherland. Garrett McQueen will explore this composition, alongside a work written and performed from Africa! 

Michael Mosoeu Moerane: Fatse La Heso (My Country); National Symphony Orchestra of the South African Broadcast Corporation, Peter Marchbank.

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Scherzo for Solo Piano; William Chapman Nyaho, piano.

William Grant Still: Africa; Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter.

Thursday, August 8, 8:00 pm: The Middle (24-32)

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