Gweneth Ann Rand soprano; Allyson Devenish piano; Sarah Daramy-Williams violin; Cathy Tyson narrator

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Gweneth Ann Rand soprano
Allyson Devenish piano
Sarah Daramy-Williams violin
Cathy Tyson narrator

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.

Spiritual
- - City called Heaven
    - (arranged by Johnson)
  - Witness
    - (arranged by Johnson)
  - Is There Anybody Here?
    - (arranged by 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
Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
- - Phidylé
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
- - La dame de Monte Carlo
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
- - Je te veux
Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
- - Chansons grises
    - L'heure exquise
Interval
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
- - 4 Last Songs
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)
Moore (1904-1989)
- - I Want To Die While You Love Me
Shirley Thompson (b.1958)
- - Tapestry
Errollyn Wallen (b.1958)
- - My Feet May Take a Little While
Spiritual
- - By an' by
    - (arranged by Clement Ishmael) (world première)
  - My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
    - (arranged by Price)