Grammy-nominated countertenor Reginald Mobley puts Black spirituals in resonance with sacred music by J.S. Bach and other German Baroque composers. Through five curated sections, Mobley charts a musical journey from the trauma of war and enslavement to the finding of peace, freedom, and resilience.
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$20-125
Program Items
PIETRO LOCATELLI
Lamento from Sinfonia Funebre [3’30’’]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH
“Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte” [6’30’’]
SPIRITUAL
“Were you There?”
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Sinfonia from Cantata No. 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21 [3’30”]
SPIRITUAL
“Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”
SPIRITUAL
“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”
SPIRITUAL
“Poor Wayfaring Stranger”
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ
“Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott,” SWV 447 [5’]
JS BACH
selections from Cantata No. 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 [13’]
SPIRITUAL
“Sinner Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass”
SCHÜTZ
"Eile mich Gott zu Erretten,” SWV 282 [4’]
SPIRITUAL
“Give Me Jesus”
SPIRITUAL
“Steal Away”
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Wenn Ich, Herr Jesu, habe dich, BuxWV 107 [4’]
SPIRITUAL
“Soon-a Will Be Done”
DAVID POHLE
“Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe” [9’]
SPIRITUAL
“Poor Mourner Got a Home At Last”
SPIRITUAL
“There Is a Balm in Gilead”
PHILIPP HEINRICH ERLEBACH
“Trocknet euch ihr heissen Zähren” [7’30’’]
SPIRITUAL
“My Lord What A Morning”
Performers
Christine Brandes
conductor
Reginald Mobley
countertenor