Gregory Groover Quintet
North to Boston
SAT APR 03 3PM
Twelfth Baptist Ch - Twelfth Baptist Church
Castle of our Skins
Sacred Transcendence
Twelfth Baptist Church
At a Glance
- This performance is recommended for ages 12 and up.
Exploring faith and spirituality through music, Castle of our Skins presents an afternoon of African American spirituals, from classics to those reimagined. Blending voice, strings, and piano, foundational spirituals published by H.T. Burleigh, James Weldon Johnson, and R. Nathaniel Dett will be woven through reimagined contemporary works by such composers as Shawn Okphebelo, Adolphus Hailstork, and Jessie Montgomery.
PROGRAM
Traditional Spirituals
Plenty Good Room (1948; arr. Roland Hayes)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1917; arr. Harry T. Burleigh)
I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired (1917)
Deep River (1913)
Arielle Rogers-Wilkey, mezzo-soprano
Phil Lima, baritone
Sarah Bob, piano
Florence Price Three Negro Spirituals for violin and piano (1933)
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Oh Holy Lord
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
Grant Houston, violin
Sarah Bob, piano
Margaret Bonds “Lord I Can’t Keep from Cryin’” (1946)
Florence Price “Bewilderment” (1946)
Arielle Rogers-Wilkey, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Bob, piano
William Grant Still Suite for Violin and Piano (1943)
I. “African Dancer”
II. “Mother and Child”
Grant Houston, violin
Sarah Bob, piano
James Dargan “Hymn to the Evening” (2021)
Arielle Rogers-Wilkey, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Bob, piano
Shawn E. Okpebholo “I Want to Die Easy When I Die/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” (2013)
Arielle Rogers-Wilkey, mezzo-soprano
Phil Lima, baritone
Sarah Bob, piano
Shawn E. Okpebholo “Deep River” (2013)
Charles Brown “Vocalise” (1973)
Shawn E. Okpebholo “Oh, Freedom” (2013)
Phil Lima, baritone
Sarah Bob, piano
“Champions of Black artistry ”
The Strad
Videos
Castle of our Skins Wind Quintet | We Shall Overcome—Brian Raphael Nabors
Twelfth Baptist Church Venue Information
Presented with thanks to Lizbeth & George Krupp for their leadership of Vivo Performing Arts' programming in Roxbury.
This performance is made possible in part by support from Vivo Performing Arts'
Amy & Joshua Boger Innovation Fund.
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