What Does Freedom Sound Like? | Kristo Kondakçi on WHRB

Kendall Square Orchestra Music Director Kristo Kondakçi joins WHRB to discuss Voices of Freedom, K²O’s 2026–27 season-opening concert at Sanders Theatre, and the question at the heart of the program: What does it mean to be free? The conversation explores the music, ideas, and personal stories behind a program featuring Aaron Copland, William Grant Still, and Ludwig van Beethoven, along with Copland’s Lincoln Portrait featuring Sean K. Ellis of the New England Innocence Project. VOICES OF FREEDOM Kendall Square Orchestra Kristo Kondakçi, Music Director Sean K. Ellis, narrator Aaron Copland — Fanfare for the Common Man William Grant Still — Afro-American Symphony, Mvt. I & IV Aaron Copland — Lincoln Portrait Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 Recorded with WHRB 95.3 FM, Cambridge, October 2026. Learn more about the Kendall Square Orchestra: https://www.kendallsquareorchestra.org