On January 28, 2008 AfriClassical posted a tribute entitled “Julius P. Williams, African American Composer & Conductor”. We have since discovered that Maestro Williams had recorded a CD, released Dec. 11, 2007, which we had missed. The CD Places In Time, Albany Records 979 (2007), includes works of four living American composers: Armand Qualliotine, Noi sian le triste and His Cove Is Now the Firmament; Lee McQuillan, Sweet Home Suite; Christopher Montgomery, Two Cities; and Helmuth Hans Fuchs, Chicago Fantasie Overture. Soprano Lucy Yates is accompanied by the Dvorak Symphony Orchestra; Julius Penson Williams is conductor.
Reviewer James Reel of Fanfare Magazine writes: “Each work on this disc of music by living Americans is tied to a very specific place: certain cities, in most cases, but also places as intimate as a poet’s desk.” “Julius P. Williams leads the Dvořák Symphony Orchestra—also known as the Prague Radio Orchestra—in secure, committed performances.”
[Julius Penson Williams is profiled at AfriClassical.com]
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