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Soul Music Series 3

Exploring what Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 song from 鈥榃est Side Story鈥� means to different people. With Stephen Sondheim. From 2002.

Leonard Bernstein's hit from West Side Story, that yearns for a better world, has come to have special significance for many.

From Mary Wilson of the Supremes who found it a fitting tribute to Martin Luther King, to the mother who sings it at the end of long frustrating days with her beloved autistic son.

Plus, Stephen Sondheim and Bernstein's daughter Nina discuss writing the lyric and the relatively bad critical response to it.

Also taking part:

Mary Dhonau
Peter Dhonau
Humphrey Burton
Steve Nallon
Clive Snelling
Adrienne Snelling
Graham Clarke

Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.

Producer: Lucy Lunt

First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in December 2002.

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30 minutes

Last on

Fri 20 Oct 2023 20:30
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Why Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' became a Civil Rights anthem

Why Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' became a Civil Rights anthem

Watch the animation - Professor Mary King describes how the song became a symbol of hope.

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