Thursday, July 15, 2010

'Five Short Choral Works' of Adolphus Hailstork in 'Life, Love & Lullabies' of Nathaniel Dett Chorale


[Nathaniel Dett Chorale; Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, conductor]

The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, http://www.NathanielDettChorale.org, whose namesake is the pianist, composer and choral director R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), is based in Canada, the country in which Dett was born. The Chorale has ended its 10th Anniversary Season with a program called “Life, Love & Lullabies,” performed in Toronto May 27 and 30, 2009. [Originally, AfriClassical erroneously stated the year of the performances was 2010. The Nathaniel Dett Chorale brought the correct date to our attention in a comment posted July 21, 2010] Audio samples of the program can be heard at:
http://nathanieldettchorale.org/experience/booking/programs/life-love-lullabies/

Life,Love & Lullabies
Five Short Choral Works – Adolphus Hailstork
I Will Sing of Life (Arthur Graham)
Nocturne (Jim Curtis)
Crucifixion “He Never Said a Mumblin’ Word” (Traditional Spiritual)
The Cloths of Heaven (William Butler Yeats)
The Lamb (William Blake)

Three by Langston – Ricky Ian Gordon
New Moon
Luck
Joy

Missa Afro-Brasileira – Carlos Alberto Pinto Fonseca
(Based on Afro-Brazilian Rhythms and Lullabies)

“This delightful spring concert is full of powerful, haunting and infectious rhythms and melodies. It showcases Adolphus Hailstork’s impressive Five Short Choral Works, which include striking settings of Arthur Graham’s 'I Will Sing of Life' and the beloved Yeats poem 'The Cloths of Heaven'; Ricky Ian Gordon’s Three By Langston, settings of love poems by famed poet Langston Hughes; and Carlos Alberto Pinto Fonseca’s monumental Missa Afro-Brasileira, based on Afro-Brazilian rhythms and lullabies.” [R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) and Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941), Composers of African Descent, are profiled at AfriClassical.com]
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