Enduring Ideals: The Sounds of Freedom

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms suite, and inspired by those iconic paintings, which were prompted by President Roosevelt’s soaring 1940 speech championing America’s foundational aspirations of liberty, dignity, human decency, and respect. Featuring a wide range of composers that only hints at the multi-generational richness and diversity of America’s musical voices – WILLIAM GRANT STILL, NED ROREM, TANIA LEON, MARGARET BONDS, FLORENCE PRICE, FATS WALLER, AARON COPLAND, MARC BLITZSTEIN, and GITY RAZAZ. Beloved baritone James Martin returns, with Music from Copland House, to salute enduring human rights and ideals, and reflect on the dire consequences of losing them.