( Jackson , Miss.) - Tune to Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) Radio at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 6 and again on Thursday, February 22 for A Tribute to Medgar Evers .
To highlight Evers' contributions to civil rights, MPB, through a generous grant from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, produced this musical concert which originally aired February 2006.
Hosted by MPB's Teresa Collier, A Tribute to Medgar Evers salutes the activist's life and work with performances by the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Crafton Beck. The orchestra is joined by The Mississippi Mass Choir and The Mississippi GirlChoir.
According to MPB Radio Assistant Director Kevin Farrell, who served as executive producer of the project, “The tribute concert is unique, in that it blends traditional African-American gospel music with symphonic music.”
The concert includes inspiring choral pieces and reflective orchestral
works and features CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston narrating
"The Words and Life of Medgar Evers," compiled by Maestro
Beck and set to music by James Horner ("Field of Dreams").
Pinkston also voices "New Morning for the World: Daybreak of Freedom"
by Joseph Schwantner and "We Shall Overcome" from "Done
Made My Vow" by Adolphus Hailstork.
For more information regarding this and other programs on MPB Radio, visit www.mpbonline.org and www.everstribute.org