Here is Julia Bullock’s uncut chat with tenor Lawrence Brownlee.

Fred Plotkin, pleasure activist and passionate opera expert, speaks each Friday with fascinating people in the music world. In this episode: Julia Bullock.

The following poem by Langston Hughes was originally entitled, “Prayer.” John Musto’s song, LITANY, (even in this slightly abbreviated version) gives a resounding recognition that individual struggles are shared and felt by us all.

#SongsOfComfort. Words and Music by Connie Converse (b. 1924, disappeared 1974). Arrangement: Jeremy Siskind. Piano: Christian Reif.