Tonight on Evening Eclectic is a continuation of my conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor about their new album DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS which features an amazing collection of individual songs and song cycles by several generations of black composers whose music should be much better known. This album was releases a week ago Friday, February 7th on Albany Records.
- 8:00pm Evening Eclectic Introduction by Kirsten Volness: Nocturne on Pre-recorded (Pre-recorded)
- 8:00pm Evening Eclectic February 16, 2025 Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor Episode 2 PART 1 by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor Episode 2 on Evening Eclectic
- 8:01pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:09pm Andre Myers: Quilting: I. Introduction; Ghosts (Text by Countee Cullen) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Victoria Lee, oboe; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; John Walz, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 8:12pm Andre Myers: Quilting: II. For a Poet (Text by Countee Cullen) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Victoria Lee, oboe; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; John Walz, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 8:14pm Andre Myers: Quilting: III. Youth Sings a Song of Rosebuds (Text by Countee Cullen) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Victoria Lee, oboe; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; John Walz, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 8:16pm Andre Myers: Quilting: IV. Litany of the Dark People (Text by Countee Cullen) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Victoria Lee, oboe; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; John Walz, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 8:20pm Andre Myers: Quilting: V. From the Dark Tower (Text by Countee Cullen) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Victoria Lee, oboe; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; John Walz, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 8:22pm Andre Myers: Quilting: VI.Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts (Text by Countee Cullen) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Victoria Lee, oboe; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; John Walz, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 8:25pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:29pm Adolphus Hailstork: Yet Do I Marvel (text by Countee Cullen) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 8:35pm Evening Eclectic by Mid-hour Break on Pre-recorded (Pre-recorded)
- 8:38pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:52pm Ulysses Kay: Jersey Hours: 1. Over the lightning Palisades (text by Donald Dorr) by Louise Toppin, soprano; Ellie Choate, harp on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 8:57pm Ulysses Kay: Jersey Hours: 2. The nakedness of rain (text by Donald Dorr) by Louise Toppin, soprano; Ellie Choate, harp on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:00pm Ulysses Kay: Jersey Hours: 2. The nakedness of rain (text by Donald Dorr) by Louise Toppin, soprano; Ellie Choate, harp on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:00pm Evening Eclectic February 16, 2025 Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor Episode 2 Part 2 by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor Episode 2 on Evening Eclectic
- 9:01pm Ulysses Kay: Jersey Hours: 3. The city gleams serene (text by Donald Dorr) by Louise Toppin, soprano; Ellie Choate, harp on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:06pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:11pm Robert Owens: Rimbaud Cabaret, Op. 101: Le Dormeur du Val (Asleep in the Vale) (Text by Arthur Rimbaud) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:16pm Robert Owens: Rimbaud Cabaret, Op. 101: Au Cabaret-Vert (The Green Cabaret) (Text by Arthur Rimbaud) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:20pm Robert Owens: Rimbaud Cabaret, Op. 101: Rages de Césars (The Emperor’s Rage) (Text by Arthur Rimbaud) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:24pm Robert Owens: Rimbaud Cabaret, Op. 101: Rêve pour l’hiver (A Winter’s Dream) (Text by Arthur Rimbaud) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:28pm Evening Eclectic by Mid-hour Break on Pre-recorded (Pre-recorded)
- 9:30pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:31pm Charles Lloyd Jr.: I believe I’ll go back home by Louise Toppin, soprano; Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:35pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:36pm Reginald Rison: Come unto me by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:39pm Reginald Rison: He restoreth my soul by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:43pm Reginald Rison: I am that I am by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:46pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:47pm Reginald Rison: Three Daily Songs: 1. Morning Revelation by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:50pm Reginald Rison: Three Daily Songs: 2. Greet the Day by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:52pm Reginald Rison: Three Daily Songs: 3. Night Comes by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:55pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:56pm Jacqueline Hairston: Ride on Jesus by Louise Toppin, soprano; Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
- 9:59pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
