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In the footsteps of...
Gweneth Ann Rand soprano; Allyson Devenish piano; Sarah Daramy-Williams violin; Cathy Tyson narrator
Programme & Song Text
Date
Thu 14 Oct 2021, 7.30pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Autumn 2021 Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Download the PDF programme and song sheet/translations here. Reproduction and distribution is strictly prohibited.

Artists

  • Gweneth Ann Randsoprano
  • Allyson Devenishpiano
  • Sarah Daramy-Williamsviolin
  • Cathy Tysonnarrator
  • Cathy Tysonnarrator

Programme

  • Spiritual
      • City called Heaven
        (arranged by Hall Johnson)
      • Witness
        (arranged by Hall Johnson)
      • Is There Anybody Here?
        (arranged by Roland Carter)
  • Jean Sibelius
    1865-1957
      • Belshazzar's Feast Op. 51
        :
      • Solitude (1939 version for voice and orchestra)
      • Norden Op. 90 No. 1
      • Svarta rosor Op. 36 No. 1
      • Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4
  • Antonín Dvořák
    1841-1904
      • Gypsy Songs Op. 55
        :
      • My song of love rings through the dusk
      • All round about the woods are still
      • Songs my mother taught me
      • Give a hawk a fine cage

Interval

  • Aaron Copland
    1900-1990
      • 12 poems of Emily Dickinson
        :
      • Why do they shut me out of heaven?
  • Richard Rodgers
    1902-1979
      • The Sound of Music
        :
      • My Favourite Things (arranged by Allyson Devenish)
  • Spiritual
      • By an' by
        (arranged by Clement Ishmael) (world première)
      • My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
        (arranged by Florence Price)

Overview

Wigmore Associate Artist, soprano Gweneth Ann Rand, collaborates with three fellow performers in this widely-ranging programme celebrating the artistry of African-American singers – Marian Anderson, Jessye Norman and Grace Bumbry – who graced the Wigmore platform on numerous occasions. In addition, works by recent and contemporary North American but mostly contemporary Black British composers are featured, two of them premières.

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