Ask Your Mama!

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
As Carnegie Hall prepares to launch composer Laura Karpman and soprano Jessye Norman's collaborative take on Langston Hughes's epic poem, "Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz," WNYC Music and Culture take an in depth look at Hughes's work through both musical and interactive elements.

Tonight's music includes Lena Horne in "Hesitation Blues," plus Schubert Lieder from Jessye Norman, and more. Also, composer Laura Karpman joins Terrance McKnight to talk about the upcoming event at Carnegie Hall.

Ask Your Mama! at Carnegie Hall
More about WNYC's Langston Hughes project at the Evening Music Blog

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