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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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Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola views her work as 'radical love'
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Toshi Reagon finds an opera for the ages in the book ‘Parable of the Sower’
Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 masterpiece takes the stage in Boston. -
The unlikely story of how ‘Dirty Water’ became a Fenway anthem
Fans will hopefully hear the victory song at the Red Sox home opener tomorrow.
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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
