L'animateur américain Fred Child (Performance Today) célèbre la diva en rediffusant sur deux heures ses interviews agrémentés des extraits musicaux suivants:

 

Hour 1 

Franz Schubert : Ganymed 

Jessye Norman, soprano; Phillip Moll, piano 

Schubert Lieder Philips 412623 

Harold Arlen : Stormy Weather 

Jessye Norman, soprano; Mike Lovatt, trumpet; Mark Markham, piano; Ira Coleman, double bass; Steve Johns, drums; Martin Williams, saxophone 

Jessye Norman: Roots: My Life, My Song Sony Classical NA 

Duke Ellington (arr. Bob Russell) : Don't Get Around Much Anymore 

Jessye Norman, soprano; Mike Lovatt, trumpet; Mark Markham, piano; Ira Coleman, double bass; Steve Johns, drums; Martin Williams, saxophone 

Jessye Norman: Roots: My Life, My Song Sony Classical 88697 64263 2 

Richard Strauss : Four Last Songs, III. Beim Schlafengehen 

Jessye Norman, soprano; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig; Kurt Masur, conductor 

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Philips 411052 

Richard Strauss : A Hero's Life (Ein Heldenleben) (excerpts) 

Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor 

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc. EMI 39339 

Traditional : Lord, I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray 

Jessye Norman, soprano; Mark Markham, piano 

Jessye Norman: Roots: My Life, My Song Sony 764263 

 

Hour 2 

William Grant Still : Summerland 

Videmus: Jean DeMart, flute; Ann Hobson Pilot, harp; Lydia Forbes, violin; George Taylor, viola; Mark Churchill, cello 

Works by William Grant Still New World Records 80399 

Ernest Bloch : Avodah 

Danbi Um, violin; Orion Weiss, piano Music@Menlo, Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, Atherton, CA 

James Syler : Love Among the Ruins (2016) 

Staff Sergeant Sarah Hart, viola; United States Marine Band; Capt. Ryan J. Nowlin, conductor 

United States Marine Band, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA 

William Grant Still : Wood Notes 

ROCO; Scott St. John, concertmaster/conductor ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX