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For the week of Election Day, a program of music about 3 important figures in American political history who never ran for office: Henry David Thoreau, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Playlist:CHARLES IVES (1874–1954)Piano Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840–1860”IV. “Thoreau” (11:16)From Piano Sonatas by Ives and CoplandCedille Records CDR 90000 005 (Track 4)Easley Blackwood, pianoRichard Graef, fluteSTACY GARROPIn Eleanor’s Words (27:58)I. The Newspaper ColumnII. Are You FreeIII. An Anonymous LetterIV. The Supreme PowerV. The Dove of PeaceVI. What Can One Woman Do?From In Eleanor’s Words: Music of Stacy GarropCedille Records CDR 90000 122 (Tracks 2–7)Stacy Garrop, composerBuffy Baggott, mezzo-sopranoKuang-Hao Huang, pianoADOLPHUS HAILSTORK (b. 1941)Epitaph for a Man who DreamedIn Memoriam: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) (7:37)From African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. IICedille Records CDR 90000 061 (Track 13)Chicago SinfoniettaPaul Freeman, conductor