African portraits [sound recording] / Hannibal
- Author:
- Peterson, Marvin Hannibal
- Published:
- Hamburg, Germany : Teldec, [1995]
- Copyright Date:
- ℗1995
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (52 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators:
- Susso, Papa
Steele, Jevetta
Edwards, Honeyboy
Green, Barton
Van Abbema, David
Jones, Theodore
Smith, Brian (Boy soprano)
Barenboim, Daniel, 1942-
Eye Plus One Drummers
Hannibal Lokumbe Quartet
Morgan State University. Choir
Kennedy-King College Community Chorus
Doris Ward Workshop Chorale
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Language Note:
- Sung in English and Mandingo.
- 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).
- Subject(s):
- Duration:
- ["00:52:00"]
- Note:
- Cantata, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.
Compact disc.
Libretto and bibliography ([30] p.) inserted in container. - Participant/Performer Note:
- 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.
- Data/Place of Event:
- Recorded live, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, May 1995.
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