Every year on MLK Day I listen to a piece by still-living classical composer Joseph Schwantner, called New Morning For The World "Daybreak of Freedom".
It's a gorgeous piece of work. About twenty-seven minutes. It's for full orchestra and narrator, narrating excerpts of MLK's speeches. It's a beautiful recording, conducted by one of my favorite conductors, Leonard Slatkin.
This year I also discovered another great piece, by the jazz pianist Darrell Grant. The cd is named Truth and Reconciliation, and it was released in the last year. There is a piece on it, I Shall Believe, which is a loose cover of the Sheryl Crow tune, and it serves as a backdrop to more of MLK's speeches - the historical recordings weave in and out of the music.
Do any of you have other pieces of music or audio that you listen to on MLK Day?