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9/11: Musical Voices of Reflection
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On the evening of September 11, 2002, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg and Performance Today Host Fred Child host a live broadcast revisiting their experience of the last year through music.
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Throughout the evening, Child and Stamberg will bring listeners to musical events in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC, including the Central Park 9/11 Memorial Concert with the St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra, performances at the Iwo Jima Memorial, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in a special performance from NPR's own Studio 4A.
You'll also hear the words of renowned artists, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, conductor Leonard Slatkin, composer John Adams, reflecting on how our world and theirs changed after the attacks.
The six-hour special may not be broadcast in its entirety around the country; check your local station for air times.
On-demand Web audio of the interviews and select music from the program will be available online the morning of September 12.
The full program schedule is below, along with Web links to related NPR information and other online resources.
HOUR 1 (7-8 p.m.)
Musical Montage
Coverage of the World Trade Center Memorial Ceremony with bagpipers from 5 boroughs, New York Governor George Pataki reading the Gettysburg Address, New Jersey Governor James McGreevey reading from the Declaration of Independence and bells ringing out across the city
Battery Park Ceremony
Coverage of the Lighting of the Eternal Flame and Governor Pataki reading Franklin D. Roosevelt's "The Four Freedoms."
Live Central Park Memorial Concert
Coverage of The Orchestra of St. Luke's in Central Park, introduced onsite by WNYC's John Shaefer. The performance begins with "America the Beautiful." Continues into the program's second hour.
HOUR 2 (8-9 p.m.)
Yo-Yo Ma
NPR's Susan Stamberg interviews the cellist, who introduces an exclusive recording made for NPR of the slow movement of Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time."
John Adams
Performance Today Host Fred Child interviews the composer about his work "On The Transmigration Of Souls." The New York Philharmonic commissioned the work for its opening week to commemorate the events of 9/11.
HOUR 3 (9 p.m.)
President George Bush
The President addresses the nation.
Rolling Requiem
Orchestras and choruses in several U.S. cities, including Seattle, Columbus, Tucson, and Chicago, performed Mozart's Requiem this morning at 8:46 a.m. in each time zone across the country.
Leonard Slatkin
Susan Stamberg interviews the conductor about his experience being in London on September 11, 2001, the emotions he felt at becoming the first American ever to conduct the traditionally British "Last Night of the Proms" and the importance of being back home as director of the National Symphony Orchestra.
HOUR 4 (10-11 p.m.)
Verdi's Requiem
Live simulcast with WNET-TV of Zdenek Macal conducting the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at Liberty Island in New Jersey.
HOUR 5 (11 p.m.-Midnight)
William Harvey Essay
Harvey was a music student at the Juilliard School last September. In his essay, he recalls the days following September 11, when he played for the rescue workers of the "Fighting 69th" Division at the Armory in New York City.
Daniel Bernard Roumain
Fred Child interviews the young and acclaimed Haitian-American composer, a member of the faculty at the Harlem School for the Arts, about his September 11th work "Human Songs and Stories," which premieres in San Antonio, Texas on September 12th.
HOUR 6 (Midnight-1 a.m.)
Music of Remembrance
Musical selections from performances in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, the crash site of Flight 93, and at Arlington National Cemetery's Iwo Jima Memorial.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
New York's finest chamber musicians perform works by Bach, Brahms, and Mozart in NPR's Studio 4A.
Wynton Marsalis
Fred Child interviews the acclaimed musician and composer about September 11 and his latest work All Rise, which will be released later this month.
In Depth
 Performance Today presents music for 9/11
Playing for the Fighting 69th: Read a moving letter from Juiliard violinist William R. Harvey on the aftermath of 9/11
Other Resources
WNYC coverage of the Central Park 9/11 Memorial Concert
John Adams: "On the Transmigration of Souls", commissioned by the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra of St. Luke's Web Site
The Kennedy Center's Concert for America
Rolling Requiem
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