Title from sell sheet. Program notes inserted in container. ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Arthur Fagen, conductor. Recorded 2019 January 2-3 (tracks 1-3), 4 & 7 (track 4) and 29 (track 5) ORF Funkhaus, Grosser Sendesaal, Vienna, Austria.
Contents:
Negro folk symphony (c. 1932-34, rev. 1952 ; 33:01) / William Levi Dawson -- Fantasy variations (1963 ; 17:53) ; Umbrian scene (1963 ; 13:37) / Ulysses Simpson Kay. Umbrian scene (13:37). Negro folk symphony: hope in the night (12:38) -- Negro folk symphony: o, le' me shine, shine like a morning star! (8:13) -- Fantasy variations (17:53) -- Umbrian scene (13:37).
Summary:
William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934 to huge enthusiasm. Its traditional form houses a continuous process of variation and introduces little-known spirituals in fragmentary form, while the work's recurring motifs, remarkable transitions, and syncopations are enhanced in Dawson's 1952 revision heard here.
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