French conductor Fabien Gabel leads orchestral showstoppers direct from France, including Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie espagnole," Paul Dukas' "Fanfare to La Péri," Albert Roussel's
"Bacchus et Ariane Suite No. 2," plus a world premiere by Michigan-born composer James Lee III (pictured above).
Lee's "Shades of Unbroken Dreams" honors the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream"— a speech he famously delivered in Washington, DC in 1963, words that first rang out in Detroit, after a historic march down Woodward Avenue.
Listen to the concert live on IPR starting at 10:45 a.m. ET.
Learn more about the program here.
The live Detroit Symphony Orchestra broadcasts are a service of WRCJ and Detroit Public TV, in collaboration with WKAR, WCMU, WMUK and Interlochen Public Radio.
The broadcasts are hosted on site by WRCJ's Dave Wagner and Peter Whorf. Nancy Deneen is the local host.