Every Voice with Terrance McKnight

WQXR

“Every Voice with Terrance McKnight” is a show that spotlights the vibrant stories and perspectives that reflect the whole of the American musical experience. There are many different kinds of classical music, depending on where you are in the world. While this music typically preserves the traditions of a given society, classical music in America remains wedded to its Western European roots. On this show, we want to know why — and what America’s classical music really sounds like. Through interviews, historical investigation, and personal storytelling, Terrance McKnight unearths the hidden voices that have been shaping our musical traditions all along. ...

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Every Voice with Terrance McKnight

Episodes (21)

Aug 17, 2023 A Radio Special: Mozart’s "Abduction from the Seraglio"
Aug 10, 2023 A Radio Special: Verdi’s "Aida”
Aug 3, 2023 A Radio Special: Verdi's "Otello"

Every Voice with Terrance McKnight

Aug 17, 2023
59 minutes
54 MB

In the prime of his illustrious career, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ran in the realm of prominent, Black visionaries. But after composing “Zaide,” an unfinished opera depicting a slave revolt, Mozart was commissioned to create a work more palatable to the politics and pocketbooks of the late 18th century European upper class. First heard in Vienna in 1782, “ Abduction” catered to the harsh reality of the times. As is too often the case with operas written during this time, characters of African descent are reduced to racist stereotypes, thereby oiling the wheels of Europe’s economic engine — slavery. With this in...

Every Voice with Terrance McKnight

A Radio Special: Mozart’s "Abduction from the Seraglio"

WQXR

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