Evening Eclectic February 9, 2025 Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor

Tonight on Evening Eclectic I am talking 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 release this past 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 9, 2025 Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor Part 1 by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor on Evening Eclectic
  • 8:01pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
  • 8:32pm Evening Eclectic by Mid-Hour Break on live (live)
  • 8:35pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
  • 8:38pm Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Spring by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Sarah Koo, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 8:40pm Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Summer by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Sarah Koo, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 8:43pm Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Autumn by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Sarah Koo, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 8:46pm Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Winter by Louise Toppin, soprano; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; Sarah Koo, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 8:48pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
  • 8:55pm Hale Smith: Balm in Gilead - (traditional spiritual) by Louise Toppin, soprano; Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:00pm Hale Smith: Balm in Gilead - (traditional spiritual) by Louise Toppin, soprano; Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:00pm Evening Eclectic February 9, 2025 Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor Part 2 by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor on Evening Eclectic
  • 9:00pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
  • 9:04pm Dave Ragland: In Vain (Emily Dickenson) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:07pm Dave Ragland: I’ll Never Turn Back (traditional spiritual) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:10pm Dave Ragland: I Believe (Inscription on concentration camp wall) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:14pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
  • 9:15pm Shawn Okpebholo: It's Me O Lord/ Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray (traditional spirituals) by Louise Toppin, soprano; Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:21pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
  • 9:25pm Florence Price: Encore Songs: Tobacco by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:26pm Florence Price: Encore Songs: A Flea and a Fly by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:26pm Florence Price: Encore Songs: by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:27pm Florence Price: Florence Price: Encore Songs: Song of the Open Road by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:27pm Evening Eclectic by Mid-Hour Break on live (live)
  • 9:30pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
  • 9:35pm H. Leslie Adams: Dream Song (for the poet) by Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Alastair Edmonstone, piano; John Walz, cello on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:39pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
  • 9:41pm Undine Smith Moore: Three Bah'ai Prayers: O God refresh and gladden my spirit by Louise Toppin, soprano; Sara Andan, flute; Ryan Stranksy, trumpet; Sarah Koo, cello; Marissa Benedict, trumpet; Noah Breneman, oboe on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:44pm Undine Smith Moore: Three Bah'ai Prayers: He is the compassionate by Louise Toppin, soprano; Sara Andan, flute; Ryan Stranksy, trumpet; Sarah Koo, cello; Marissa Benedict, trumpet; Noah Breneman, oboe on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:50pm Undine Smith Moore: Three Bah'ai Prayers: For the sweet and scented dreams by Louise Toppin, soprano; Sara Andan, flute; Ryan Stranksy, trumpet; Sarah Koo, cello; Marissa Benedict, trumpet; Noah Breneman, oboe on DEAR FRIENDS & GENTLE HEARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ESSENTIALS (Albany Records)
  • 9:58pm Conversation with Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor by Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor with Dave Lake on live (live)
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