Whole Notes: Music of Healing and Peace

December 13, 2019, 8:00 pm

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On December 13, WFMT premieres Whole Notes: Music of Healing and Peace, a special program hosted by Kerry Frumkin that looks at the gun violence epidemic in America through the lens of classical music.

This response to violence in our world – notably, gun violence – will include performances by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a look at the Notes for Peace songwriting project, and excerpts from two recent vocal compositions on the theme of violence: Future Perfect and The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.

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Partner Organizations

WFMT would like to extend many thanks to the organizations who helped create this program:

Bellissima Opera
The Negaunee Music Institute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Notes for Peace
Purpose Over Pain

Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Strides for Peace

This program was created in conjunction with FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence, a digital documentary series produced by our sister station WTTW — Chicago PBS. To learn more about FIRSTHAND and the gun violence epidemic in Chicago, visit wttw.com/firsthand

Playlist

J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, by J.S. Bach
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello 

Sonata in E Major for flute and piano, by J.S. Bach
Alexandria Hoffman, flute; Pei-yeh Tsai, piano 

“I Miss You, Tyrell,” by Pamela Bosley with Rex Horan and Sara Lee
Sarah Ponder, mezzo-soprano; Notes for Peace Ensemble 

The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, by Joel Thompson
University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club; Eugene Rodgers, director 

“Red,” from the opera Future Perfect, by David Shenton, libretto by Christine Steyer
Christine Steyer, soprano; Marta Johnson, piano 

“Hurricane,” by Delphine Cherry with Rex Horan, and Sara Lee
Sarah Ponder, mezzo-soprano; Notes for Peace Ensemble