Song of America: A Celebration of Black Music
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Performers
Louise Toppin soprano
Leah Hawkins soprano
Lawrence Brownlee tenor
Thomas Hampson baritone
Howard Watkins piano
Programme
Henry Thacker Burleigh
Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
Wilhelm Grosz
Afrika-Songs / Zyklus für Sopran, Bariton und Kammerorchester oder Klavier op. 29 (Auswahl)
Margaret Bonds
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
William Grant Still
Finalduett aus der Oper »Highway One, USA«
Songs of Separation
Peter Ashbourne
Liza / aus: Five Songs für Sopran und Klavier
Nobody’s Business / aus: Five Songs für Sopran und Klavier
Hale Smith
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Florence B. Price
Sympathy
Hold Fast to Dreams
Henry Thacker Burleigh
Passionale
Robert Owens
Carolina Cabin op. 11/5
Desire op. 13/1
Kurt Weill
Lonely House / aus der Oper »Street Scene«