Let Freedom Sing, hosted by NPR’s Noah Adams, chronicles of the idealistic artists, uncompromising personalities, and powerful music of the era, and looks at how these forces combined to turn abolitionism from a scorned fringe movement into a nation-changing force.
Music included in Let Freedom Sing:
Traditional - Steal Away
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Anon. - Come Join the Abolitionists
Deborah Anne Goss
Henry Russell - The Maniac
George Shirley, baritone; William Bolcom, piano
Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. - The Old Granite State
New Hutchinson Family Singers
Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. - Get off the Track
New Hutchinson Family Singers
Stephen Foster - Variations on Old Folks At Home
Noel Lester, piano
Stephen Foster - My Old Kentucky Home
George Shirley, baritone; William Bolcom, piano
Stephen Foster - My Old Kentucky Home arr. for Solo Flute
Paula Robison, Flute
Stephen Foster - Hard Times Come Again No More
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Jay Ungar violin; Molly Mason, bass; Tony Trishka, banjo; David Alpher, piano; Mark Rust & Garrison Keillor, background vocals
George F. Root - Where Home Is
The Harmoneion Singers: Peter Basquin, harmonium
George F. Root - Battle Cry of Freedom
John Cowan, vocals; Butch Baldassari, mandolin; Mark Combs, fiddle; Bryon House, bass; Jeffrey Taylor; accordion
George F. Root - Battle Cry of Freedom (reprise)
Mar Gardner, banjo; Rex Rideout, fiddle
Henry Clay Work - Kingdom Coming
Clifford Jackson, baritone; Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano; William Bolcom, piano; The Camerata Chorus Of Washington
Henry Clay Work – Who Shall Rule This American Nation?
Clifford Jackson, baritone; William Bolcom, piano; The Camerata Chorus Of Washington
Traditional – De Gospel Train (Get On Board)
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Jesse Hutchinson, Jr: - Get Off The Track
'The Proper Ladies -Deborah Goss and Anabel Graetz
