ENCORE!
Use the player below to download or listen to "Elijah Rock" performed by the American Spiritual Ensemble on January 13, 2018 at the Folly Theater, Kansas City MO.
Spirituals have always been balm for the soul, and the American Spiritual Ensemble is a foremost interpreter of the genre. Founded in 1995 by Music Director Everett McCorvey, the 22-member group is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Negro Spiritual. Members of the American Spiritual Ensemble are soloists in their own right and have thrilled audiences around the world with their dynamic renditions of classic spirituals, jazz, and Broadway songs that highlight the Black experience.
PROGRAM
I
Walk Together Children
arr. William Henry Smith
Listen to the Lambs
arr. R. Nathaniel Dett
I Thank You, Jesus
arr. Robert L. Morris
Ride on King Jesus
Hall Johnson
Lord, How Come Me Here
Traditional Negro Spiritual
I Don' Feel Noways Tired
Jacqueline Hairston
Fiyah!
Hall Johnson
No More Auction Block/Go Down Moses
Traditional Negro Spiritual arr. Johnie Dean
Great God Almighty
arr. Stacey Gibbs
I Stood on the River of Jordan
arr. Moses Hogan
Elijah Rock
arr. Moses Hogan
You Must Have that True Religion
arr. Roland Carter
II
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
arr. Roland Carter
Cert'nly Lawd
arr. Moses Hogan
Fix Me, Jesus
arr. Jacqueline Hairston
Wade in the Water
arr. Devin L. Davis/Charles M. Murrell, III
Deep River
Harry T. Burleigh
My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
Florence Price
Dry Bones
Undine Smith Moore
Stand the Storm
arr. Timothy Amukele
Sit Down Servant
arr. Philip B. McIntyre
Old Time Religion/When the Saints
arr. Everett McCorvey & Keith McCutchen
Circle of Life (from The Lion King)
Elton John & Tim Rice
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