Baltimore Symphony Orchestra assistant conductor Jonathan Taylor Rush joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong to discuss his top classical moments of the year, including the aria “Men Don’t Break” from Terence Blanchard’s opera “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” the first opera by a Black composer presented in the Metropolitan Opera’s 138-year history.
Top classical music moments of 2021
“Men Don’t Break,” aria from Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones”
Florence Price Symphonies No. 1 & No. 3, Philadelphia Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting Gershwin’s “Porgy & Bess,” Philadelphia Orchestra
“Stride” by Cuban composer, Tania León — 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Music, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic in 2020
William Dawson’s “Negro Folk Symphony,” James Conlon revival (Aspen/BSO)
“The Conductor,’ documentary about Marin Alsop)
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