Unorchestrated
47 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsUnorchestrated is the Akron Symphony Orchestra's long-form podcast series, exploring a variety of topics with a special focus on the music and stories of under-represented musicians and composers.
The podcast is co-hosted by Music Director Christopher Wilkins and Executive Producer Thomas Moore.
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Mozart's Great Mass
April 29, 2024 19:38 - 50 minutes - 67.4 MBThe Akron Symphony Orchestra and Akron Symphony Chorus will present Mozart’s Great Mass on May 11 at EJ Thomas Hall. The performance will include Lili Boulanger’s On a Spring Morning and Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin. Mozart’s Great Mass stands as a monumental testament to his genius and devout faith. The work embodies the grandeur of sacred music with its intricate choral writing, lush orchestration, and profound emotional depth. From delicate soprano solos to thunderous orchestral passa...
Tchaikovsky and Bowden
March 30, 2024 14:39 - 20 minutes - 37.6 MBThe Akron Symphony will present Tchaikovsky and Bowden with guest soloist Mary Elizabeth Bowden on April 6 at EJ Thomas Hall. The performance will include Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on “Greensleeves”, Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, Jennifer Higdon’s “Reel Time”, and Julia Perry’s Prelude for Strings. The highlight of the evening will be the Ohio premiere of Bohemian Queen, a trumpet concerto composed by Clarice Assad and featuring classical trumpeter Mary El...
Bruckner's Fourth - Part 2
February 25, 2024 20:35 - 25 minutes - 15.6 MBThe Akron Symphony will present Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony, nicknamed Romantic, on March 2 at EJ Thomas Hall. Bruckner’s composition, his first to receive widespread acclaim, showcases the composer’s unique style and is filled with lyrical themes, expressive contrasts, splendid orchestration, glorious climaxes, and dramatic developments. In the second episode of this two-part series, Music Director Christopher Wilkins and Matthew Mauro, acting principal horn, take a deeper dive into Bru...
Bruckner's Fourth - Part 1
February 23, 2024 21:27 - 17 minutes - 10.8 MBThe Akron Symphony will present Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony, nicknamed Romantic, on March 2 at EJ Thomas Hall. Bruckner’s composition, his first to receive widespread acclaim, showcases the composer’s unique style and is filled with lyrical themes, expressive contrasts, splendid orchestration, glorious climaxes, and dramatic developments. In the first episode of a two-part series, Music Director Christopher Wilkins and Matthew Mauro, acting principal horn, discuss Matt’s career, and Matt s...
Gospel Meets Symphony 30th Anniversary Concert
February 07, 2024 01:08 - 36 minutes - 66.8 MBThe Akron Symphony and the Gospel Meets Symphony Choir will celebrate 30 years of music and fellowship during Gospel Meets Symphony on February 10 at EJ Thomas Hall. Led by Maestro Christopher Wilkins and Gospel Meets Symphony Choirmaster Jonathon Turner, the evening will highlight the community spirit that has made GMS one of Northeast Ohio’s most enduring musical traditions. In this episode, Christopher, Jonathon and Brenda Justice, coordinator of choral programs at the Akron Symphony...
An Akron-fueled Collaboration
January 05, 2024 18:00 - 36 minutes - 67.5 MBThe Akron Symphony will open the second half of the season with a performance featuring Mozart’s 29th Symphony on January 13 at EJ Thomas Hall. The evening will also fully embrace Akron as the Orchestra performs Jake Gunnar Walsh & Jon Sonnenberg’s Conflagration - featuring EarthQuaker devices - and Mary Lou Williams’ jazz-infused Zodiac Suite, featuring longtime friend of the ASO and Akron’s own Theron Brown and his quartet. In this episode, Music Director Christopher Wilkins and Theron d...
Dvořák’s ecstatic Cello Concerto
November 01, 2023 22:05 - 35 minutes - 41.6 MBThe Akron Symphony will present Dvořák’s warm-hearted, ecstatic, and deeply lyrical Cello Concerto with guest soloist Khari Joyner on November 18 at EJ Thomas Hall. The performance will also include William Grant Still’s Festive Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6. Like the New World Symphony, the Cello Concerto is another work hailing from Dvořák’s American period and is therefore infused with the same sense of homesick longing that pervades the symphony. Khari Joyner has a follo...
Sonic Theater on Organ
October 18, 2023 20:46 - 21 minutes - 18.7 MBThe Akron Symphony Orchestra will present Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony on October 21 at EJ Thomas Hall. In this episode, Music Director Christopher Wilkins sits down with Robert Mollard, principal keyboardist, to talk about the performance in a conversation that was sponsored by The Friends of the Akron Symphony. Join the Akron Symphony for Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony, featuring Principal Keyboardist Robert Mollard on the Rodgers digital organ, on October 21 at 7:30 p.m., at EJ Thomas Hall. T...
A Cultural Expression through Music
September 20, 2023 22:28 - 43 minutes - 61.1 MBThe Akron Symphony will open its new season with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on September 29 at EJ Thomas Hall. The evening will also include the Akron premiere of Jerod Tate’s Clans from Lowak Shoppala’. The piece will include narration by Akron’s Dr. LaDonna Blue Eye, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation, and Jerod will be the guest conductor. In this episode, we sit down with Music Director Christopher Wilkins and composer Jerod Tate to discuss his distinguished career, his inspirations, and Lo...
Beethoven's Supreme Masterpiece
September 19, 2023 22:12 - 40 minutes - 56.9 MBThe Akron Symphony will open its new season with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on September 29 at EJ Thomas Hall. Not only will the evening be the start of a yearlong celebration of 70 years of music, but also mark the 50th anniversary of EJ Thomas Hall, which the Akron Symphony opened in October of 1973 with a performance of … Beethoven’s 9th! In this episode, we sit down with Music Director Christopher Wilkins and Chorus Director Chris Albanese to discuss a composition that is recognized as o...
Brahms Requiem Part 2
May 01, 2023 22:09 - 24 minutes - 45.1 MBAs the performance of Brahms Requiem approaches, the chorus has been hard at work preparing! Go behind the scenes with host Tom Moore and Akron Symphony chorus director Chris Albanese to learn more about how the chorus is gearing up for Brahms Requiem.
Brahms Requiem Part 1
April 27, 2023 18:39 - 38 minutes - 42.1 MBValerie Coleman’s Umoja expresses the joy of community, through a single irresistibly catchy tune. Not since Bobby McFerrin’s Don’t Worry, Be Happy has a composer created such memorably euphoric music. Deep joy lies also at the heart of Brahms’ Requiem. It is his most personal work, composed as a response to the death of his mother. Its focus is not on the past, but on the present. The work’s majestic harmonies and soaring melodic lines are for us: they are comfort for the living.
Mahler's Third Part 4
April 09, 2023 23:00 - 39 minutes - 40.4 MBMusic Director Christopher Wilkins chats with Principal Trombone John Gruber about Mahler's Third.
Mahler 3 Podcast 3
April 07, 2023 15:47 - 21 minutes - 22.5 MBDo you love our preconcert Preview from the Podiums? Now you can get to know our upcoming with a pre-preconcert talk! Here's another installment of our Mahler's Third series!
Mahler 3 Podcast 2
April 04, 2023 19:50 - 18 minutes - 19.5 MBMaestro Christopher Wilkins speaks about Mahler's grand design for the Third Symphony. Using musical examples, he follows the course of the symphony's six movements up the Great Chain of Being: from inanimate matter, to plant and animal life, the human realm, the heavenly host, and finally to all-embracing cosmic love—agape.
ASO 23-24 Season Preview
March 29, 2023 19:53 - 29 minutes - 54.6 MBThe Akron Symphony Orchestra’s new season is filled with a diverse range of music, world-class performers, exciting collaborations, and numerous milestones! The Akron Symphony will open its 70th season on September 29 with a program featuring Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. It is a fitting choice as the season also marks the 50th anniversary of EJ Thomas Hall and the orchestra performed Beethoven’s towering symphony when the hall opened in October of 1973.
ASO 23-24 Season Preview
March 29, 2023 19:53 - 29 minutes - 54.6 MBThe Akron Symphony Orchestra’s new season is filled with a diverse range of music, world-class performers, exciting collaborations, and numerous milestones! The Akron Symphony will open its 70th season on September 29 with a program featuring Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. It is a fitting choice as the season also marks the 50th anniversary of EJ Thomas Hall and the orchestra performed Beethoven’s towering symphony when the hall opened in October of 1973.
Mahler 3 Podcast 1
March 18, 2023 00:59 - 18 minutes - 21.6 MBMahler’s Third is his “Pastoral Symphony.” It seems propelled throughout by nature’s bold power. The opening march represents the arrival of spring in the Austrian Alps—the earth groans, giant ice sheets crack, and cataracts spill forth from mountain streams. The middle movements move in stages up the Great Chain of Being, from raw matter, through many varieties of forms of life, and ultimately to the realm of the spirit. Mahler originally intended to call the overwhelming and majestic final...
Akron's Julia Perry: How Does a Shadow Shine?
December 22, 2022 15:27 - 56 minutes - 39.3 MBAkron Symphony's Julia Perry project seeks to shine a light on the talented Akron-born composer's music and legacy. Julia Perry was born in Lexington, KY in 1924, into a talented family of musicians, teachers, doctors, and horse trainers. She received an exceptional musical education in Akron, OH, at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, and with prestigious teachers from New York to Paris to Florence, Italy. In the late 40s and throughout the 1950s she enjoyed great success as a com...
Christmas!
December 06, 2022 22:12 - 22 minutes - 20.1 MBKick off the Holiday Season with an Akron tradition! Get in the holiday spirit with an evening of traditional carols and festivities with the Akron Symphony Orchestra, the Akron Symphony Chorus, and special guests—including a visit from the North Pole!
Ellington's Nutcracker & The Ballad of the Brown King
November 06, 2022 15:49 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBMargaret Bonds and Langston Hughes tell the Christmas story through the person of Balthazar, the Black member of the Three Kings. Akron’s Julia Perry, who began her career in Europe, sets the mystical writings of Catherine of Siena, a beloved figure in the history of Italian literature. Respighi remakes toe-tapping music of the Italian Renaissance into modern miniatures with cinematic brilliance. And Duke Ellington takes five of the best-known dances from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and dresse...
Pastoral Symphony
October 13, 2022 14:59 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB“The awakening of joyful feelings upon arriving in the country” was how Beethoven described the first movement of his Sixth Symphony. The Pastoral Symphony is among the most visual of all orchestral works. In it, we “see” sun-drenched fields, a brookside idyll, a peasant dance interrupted by a violent thunderstorm, and a prayer of thanksgiving. Stella Sung’s Rockwell Reflections—commissioned by the ASO in 2008—are musical likenesses of five Norman Rockwell paintings. They match his art in ch...
American Fanfare
September 23, 2022 02:26 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBMeet the 22-23 Akron Symphony Orchestra Season Opener—American Fanfare— with host Ken Heinlein and Music Director Christopher Wilkins. Six Americans compose portraits of our nation and our people. Copland’s brass and percussion fanfare salutes civilians serving our country through simple daily acts. Gershwin’s jazz-age portrayal of an American visitor to Paris revels in musical tone painting. Shakamaxon is the historic Indian village—bordering on present-day Philadelphia—where Chief Taman...
There's a Stirrin' in the Water
October 12, 2021 21:52 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBIn the final episode of our series on the Akron Symphony Chorus, we sit down with Chorus Director Chris Albanese and special guests Chuck Myricks Jr. and Jesse Ayers about There’s a Stirrin’ in the Water, which they co-composed in 2016. The episode includes selections of There’s a Stirrin’ in the Water from the November 2016 performance by the Akron Symphony Orchestra and Akron Symphony Chorus, as well as a performance by the Akron Symphony Chorus in May 2021 from the parking lot of the Fi...
Music of the Sacred Harp
September 17, 2021 16:59 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBIn the third episode of our four-part series on the Akron Symphony Chorus, we sit down with Chorus Director Chris Albanese and special guest Moira Smiley to discuss chorus music in the tradition of the Sacred Harp. The episode includes selections of William Billings’ The Creation, and Moira’s Lewis, performed by the Akron Symphony Chorus in May 2021 from the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church in Akron. Composer Moira Smiley is known worldwide for choral arrangements like Br...
The Creation
September 08, 2021 21:27 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBIn the second episode of our four-part series on the Akron Symphony Chorus, we sit down with Chorus Director Chris Albanese, Music Director Christopher Wilkins and special guest Betsy Burleigh to discuss Haydn’s towering masterpiece, The Creation. The episode includes selections of The Creation by the Akron Symphony Orchestra and Akron Symphony Chorus, featuring guest artists Joyce Guyer, soprano, Karl Dent, tenor, and Timothy Jones, bass-baritone from April 2008; along with the Akron Symp...
Awakenings
August 27, 2021 13:48 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBIn the first episode of a four-part series on the Akron Symphony Chorus, we sit down with Chorus Director Chris Albanese and Steven Savanyu of Buford T. Hedgehog Productions to talk about a special recording project by the chorus in the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church in Akron. Chris and Steve share stories about the recording project, how the chorus coped with a year of virtual recordings, and the music they performed for the project. The episode opens and closes with a s...
Pass Me Not: A Visit with Jennifer Mekel Jones
August 23, 2021 14:54 - 52 minutes - 60.5 MBIn the sixth episode of Deep River: The Legacy of the Spirituals, we speak with Jennifer Mekel Jones, who served for a decade as Choirmaster of the ASO’s Gospel Meets Symphony. She is a composer, singer, songwriter, recording artist, ordained minister, and a central figure in the musical life of the region. In this episode, Jennifer tells stories about her deeply musical family, beginning with the formative years learning from her mother, Esterline Jones, who played a pivotal role in the ...
We’re Marching to Zion: A Visit with Dr. Raymond Wise
July 28, 2021 14:32 - 41 minutes - 47.8 MBIn the fifth episode of Deep River: The Legacy of the Spirituals, we are joined by Dr. Raymond Wise for a discussion about the development of spirituals and their influence on his own creative career. The episode, We’re Marching to Zion: A Visit with Dr. Raymond Wise, includes two performances from his acclaimed recording 21 Spirituals for the 21st Century featuring the Raise Chorale: We’re Marching to Zion and I’ll Stand. Dr. Raymond Wise is the Professor of Practice of African American...
Nathaniel Dett’s Legacy: The Chariot Jubilee
July 23, 2021 17:45 - 21 minutes - 25.7 MBIn the fourth episode of Deep River: The Legacy of the Spirituals, Jonathon Turner, the ASO’s Gospel Meets Symphony Choirmaster, and Brenda Justice, Coordinator of Choral Programs, join co-hosts Christopher and Tom to discuss Nathaniel Dett, a composer, choir leader, pianist, teacher, poet, writer, and seminal figure in bringing spirituals to a classical setting. The episode concludes with a performance of Dett’s The Chariot Jubilee by the Akron Symphony Orchestra, Akron Symphony Chorus an...
Old Time Religion - The Spirituals Meet the Symphony
April 20, 2021 20:33 - 22 minutes - 26.5 MBIn the third episode of Deep River: The Legacy of the Spirituals, Jonathon Turner, the ASO’s Gospel Meets Symphony Choirmaster, and Brenda Justice, Coordinator of Choral Programs, join co-hosts Christopher and Tom for a listening session. The episode includes the following recordings from the orchestra’s Classics series, Gospel Meets Symphony, and a world premiere from the ASO’s 2020–21 Interlude season: Morton Gould Gospel Train; Old Time Religion (November 18, 2016) William Grant St...
Get on Board- The Great Early Performers
April 02, 2021 15:57 - 21 minutes - 23.6 MBIn the second episode of Deep River: The Legacy of the Spirituals, Jonathon Turner, the ASO’s Gospel Meets Symphony Choirmaster, and Brenda Justice, Coordinator of Choral Programs, join co-hosts Christopher and Tom to discuss influential performers of the spirituals as they were first becoming known to the general public. Especially noteworthy is Harry T. Burleigh’s influence on Dvořák, including his significant musical contribution to the New World Symphony. The episode opens with an exce...
Crossing to Freedom: The Spirituals Emerge
March 24, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes - 39.2 MBDeep River: The Legacy of the Spirituals—a multi-episode series—debuts on the Akron Symphony's Unorchestrated podcast with Crossing to Freedom: The Spirituals Emerge. Jonathon Turner, the ASO's Gospel Meets Symphony Choirmaster, and Brenda Justice, Coordinator of Choral Programs, join co-hosts Christopher and Tom to discuss the importance of the Negro Spiritual in American history, with a focus on the seminal contributions of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The episode opens with an excerpt f...
How Does a Shadow Shine?
February 26, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 52.5 MBIn Episode 14 of Unorchestrated, Christopher and Tom conclude their conversation with Rita Dove, discussing her research into the life of George Bridgetower and the poetry she wrote about him. As in every episode, Rita reads from her book, Sonata Mulattica. We also welcome special guest, violinist Dr. Nicole Cherry, to discuss her Forge with George project, a commissioning project bringing long-overdue attention to historically significant Black artists. This is the final episode in our 14...
Haydn's Skull
February 16, 2021 20:30 - 21 minutes - 27.1 MBIn Episode 13 of Unorchestrated, Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about one of the most bizarre chapters in musical history, in an episode titled Haydn’s Skull, with readings from her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the 13th episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with “Chaos” from Haydn’s The Creation, performed by the Akron Symphony on April 19, 2008. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and the only p...
Arco - It is a Human Cry
February 10, 2021 00:30 - 48 minutes - 57.9 MBIn Episode 12 of Unorchestrated, Christopher and Tom speak with poet Rita Dove about the relationship between poetry and music in her work generally, and how Beethoven’s music shaped one particular poem in her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the 12th episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a performance of the final two movements of the “Kreutzer” sonata by ASO Concertmaster Tallie Brunfelt and pianist Nathaniel LaNasa. Rita Dove is a Pu...
All Men Are Beggars
January 28, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 28.5 MBIn Episode 11 of Unorchestrated, Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about Billy Waters, a marginalized street musician of African descent who, despite all odds, rose to great prominence in 19th century London, with readings from her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the 11th episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with an excerpt from Clint Needham's Sounds of Akron, which incorporates sounds sent in by scores of Akron residents, and a p...
Eroica
December 17, 2020 01:30 - 38 minutes - 47.4 MBIn Episode 10 of Unorchestrated, Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about the rapid dissolution of the friendship between George Bridgetower and Beethoven—and likely explanations for the unraveling—with readings from her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the 10th episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with the funeral march from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “Eroica,” performed by the Akron Symphony in April of 2019. Rita Dove is a Pulit...
Can't You See That I'm Deaf?
December 15, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 38.5 MBIn Episode 9 of Unorchestrated, Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about her belief that the composition and premiere of the “Kreutzer” sonata were shaped by George Bridgetower’s unique performing style, with readings from her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the ninth episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a performance of the first movement of Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata by ASO Concertmaster Tallie Brunfelt and pianist Nathan...
To Bow is to Breathe
December 11, 2020 19:00 - 50 minutes - 62.6 MBIn Episode 8 of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about string playing, ballroom dancing, and the process of writing - both music and poetry - with readings from her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the eighth episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a performance of the first movement of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto by the ASO and guest artist Feng Ning. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U...
Shake My Jinglin' Johnny
December 09, 2020 00:30 - 25 minutes - 31.1 MBIn Episode 7 of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about the diverse music scene in early 19th century London, with a reading of “Janissary Rap” from her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the seventh episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a performance of Mozart’s Turkish Rondo, transcribed for organ by ASO keyboardist Bob Mollard and arranger David Kempers. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and forme...
I've Come to Fetch You
December 04, 2020 21:30 - 20 minutes - 19 MBIn Episode 6 of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about Joseph Haydn’s arrival in London, with readings from her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the sixth episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a performance of the finale from Haydn’s Symphony No. 95 in C minor by the Akron Symphony Orchestra. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, and the only poet honored with both the N...
The Newest Musical Prodigy
December 03, 2020 01:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBIn Episode 5 of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about violinist George Bridgetower’s early life in London as a child prodigy, with readings from her book, Sonata Mulattica. This is the fifth episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a brilliant performance of Paganini’s Duo for One Violin by ASO guest artist Feng Ning. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, and the only po...
The Tall Man on the Aisle
November 25, 2020 20:30 - 19 minutes - 43.8 MBIn Episode 4 of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about violinist George Bridgetower’s debut in Paris from her book of poems, Sonata Mulattica. This is the fourth episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a performance of Joseph Boulogne’s Sonata for Flute and Harp, performed by ASO principal players, Barbara O’Brien, flute, and Jody Guinn, harp. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet L...
There's Music in Here
November 11, 2020 19:18 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn Episode 3 of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about the prodigy years of violinist George Bridgetower from her book of poems, Sonata Mulattica. This is the third episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a performance of Haydn’s Duo for violin & viola in F major, performed by two members of the Akron Symphony, Pablo Sanchez-Pazos, violin, and Maia Hoffman, viola. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner a...
What Heavenly Music
November 11, 2020 17:49 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBIn Episode 2 of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about the early life of violin virtuoso George Bridgetower from her book of poems, Sonata Mulattica. This is the second episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. The episode closes with a performance by Akron Symphony Assistant Concertmaster Amy Cave of the Largo and Allegro assai movements from Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and forme...
Greetings, Rita Dove
November 10, 2020 20:19 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBIn the debut of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about Sonata Mulattica, her book of poems detailing the relationship between the black violinist George Bridgetower and Beethoven. This is the first episode in a 14-part series: Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove. Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, and the only poet honored with both the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of Arts. An Akron native, she is curre...