Cantata, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. Alhaji "Papa" Bunka Susso, griot ; Eye Plus One Drummers, African drummers ; Jevetta Steele, gospel singer ; David "Honeyboy" Edwards, blues singer ; Hannibal Lokumbe Quartet ; Barton Green, tenor ; David van Abbema, baritone ; Theodore Jones, baritone ; Brian Smith, boy soprano ; Morgan State University Choir ; Kennedy-King College Community Chorus ; Doris Ward Workshop Chorale ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Daniel Barenboim, conductor. Recorded live, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, May 1995. Compact disc. Booklet with libretto and bibliography in English ([30] pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Act 1, The drum and the cross. Libation : harvest, 16th century West Africa, griot : "Dafengba!" (2:28) ; Chorus : Duwa beh (3:53) ; Attack/Subjugation (8:37) ; The middle passage (4:52) -- Act 2, The land of milk and honey. Auction : Potter's mart, Charleston, South Carolina, 1833 (2:32) ; Wailing song (Ruben Gonzales, violin) (1:14) ; Victor Nelson's cotton field, Elgin, Texas, 1940 (5:36) ; Music man, Shaw, Mississippi, Delta swamp, 1945 (3:12) ; The Three Deuces Club, 52nd Street, New York City, 1952 (10:47) ; Chorus : You can find a way (2:48) ; 400 years ago today, living inside the clear glass cell, Bensonhurst, New York, 1989 (1:52) ; Redemption (3:01) ; Epilogue, kora (1:04).
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