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ELEGY: IN MEMORIAM-STEPHEN LAWRENCE
Performed by the Sphinx Virtuosi
ABOUT THE WORK
Elegy: In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence by Philip Herbert
Elegy was
written in 1999 by Black British composer Philip Herbert in response to
the tragic murder of Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager from
Plumstead, South East London. He was murdered in a racially motivated
attack while waiting for the bus. After a lengthy, arduous process, two
of the perpetrators were convicted of murder in 2012. The occasion has
been recorded as one of the most important moments in Britain’s history
of criminal justice and one of the highest-profile unsolved racially
motivated murders.
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Performed by EXIGENCE
ABOUT THE WORK
Lift Every Voice and Sing arranged by Joel Thompson
In
1900, James Weldon Johnson, a prominent writer, civil rights activist,
and leader in the NAACP, wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing, to honor
Booker T. Washington. In 1905 his brother Rosamond put the poem to
music, and the new piece was given birth as the negro national hymn by
the NAACP in 1919.
120
years later, EXIGENCE sings this hymn now referred to as the “Black
National Anthem” in honor of George Floyd and all those we lost before
their intended time.
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