Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

   

Thought-provoking and moving music by eight modern composers spans the range of expression from solo cello to chorus, from jazz ensemble to woodwind quintet.

Anthony Elliott, cello; Yolanda Williams, Dan Dressen, Maria Jette, soloists; VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Chorus with orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conductor.

“Beautifully sung with fine choral balance." — Gramophone

1. Mother to Son Undine Smith Moore (1955); Yolanda Williams, soprano; VocalEssence Chorus
2. We Shall Walk Through the Valley Undine Smith Moore (1977); VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

from Lamentations: Black Folk Song Suite Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1973); Anthony Elliott, cello
3. II Song Form
4. IV Perpetual Motion

5. An Old Black Woman, Homeless and Indistinct Joseph Jennings (1995); VocalEssence Ensemble Singers with orchestra

from Dance Like the Wind William Banfield (1995); Woodwind quintet
6. She’s Making Coffee (Act A, scene 4)
7. All Four in the Car (Act B, scene 5)
8. Dance Like the Wind (Island Sway) (Act B, scene 6a)

9. Tambourines to Glory Undine Smith Moore (1973); VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
10. My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee (Psalm 91) Evelyn Simpson-Curenton (1996); Dan Dressen, tenor; VocalEssence Chorus
11. Nocturne Adolphus Hailstork (1984) Maria Jette, soprano; VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

from Piece for String Orchestra Billy Childs (1989)
12. II Slow
13. III Fast

Images, Shadows and Dreams: Five Vignettes David Baker (1993); VocalEssence Ensemble Singers; Jazz Ensemble
14. I Rents Due Monday
15. II The Nonagenarian
16. III If There Be Sorrow
17. IV The Rebel
18. V Let Me Tell You How to Meet the Day