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Culture in the News
Omar Thomas on making “Griot Songs” at GBH
Omar Thomas is a large ensemble composer who’s had work commissioned by Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. His newest album, “Griot Songs,” was recorded entirely in the GBH Fraser Performance Studio. He spoke to Al Davis and Va Lynda Robinson about the process.
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Open Studio: A photographic look at prison and the bond of family
Open Studio with Jared Bowen takes viewers inside the creative process, featuring artists in Greater Boston, New England and across the country. -
Meet the Greater Boston artists inspiring climate action through their work
"Art provides a way of connecting with it at the human level, at the personal level, at the emotional level.” -
The Huntington's 'Our Daughters, Like Pillars' explores sisterly bonds amid COVID-19
Boston-based playwright Kirsten Greenidge's play is about a contemporary Black family.
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Episode 20, Season 2<br> Octavia Butler, The Grand Dame of Science Fiction
She is one of the most prolific and important Black authors in the genre.| 14:34 -
Jonas Kaufmann's "Nessun dorma"
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings Calàf's aria from the final act of Puccini's opera "Turandot."| 3:09 -
The Suite from Dr. Zhivago
Watch Valery Gergiev conduct French composer, Maurice Jarre's "Suite from Dr. Zhivago."| 4:01 -
Anna Netrebko Performs Rachmaninoff's "A Dream"
Anna Netrebko sings Rachmaninoff's “A Dream” from Vienna's Spanish Riding School.| 2:30
