Stand up straight and sing!

Introduction / James Levine

Prelude

"Great Day!"

1. In the Beginning

Widmung

"I Want Two Wings"

2. A Mother's Joy

Ave Maria

"Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit"

3. A Father's Pride

Isolde's Liebestod

"There Is a Balm in Gilead"

4. Church, Spirituals, and Spirit

Die Allmacht

"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"

5. Racism as It Lives and Breathes

"My Lord, What a Morning"

Interlude: Marian Anderson

Erlkönig

"On My Journey, Now"

6. Growing Up in Germany

O namenlose Freude

"Oh, Glory!"

7. The Singing Craft as Art Form

L'ile inconnue

"The Lord's Prayer"

8. The Song, the Craft, the Spirit, and the Joy!

Sanctus

"Ride On, King Jesus"

9. Woman, Life, Singer

His Eye Is on the Sparrow

"He's Got the Whole World in His Hand"

10. And the journey Continues

Postlude

Coda

Zueignung

Acknowledgments

Index