WILLIAM BANFIELD: "Soul Gone Home" - Prelude & "Shame, Shame, Shame"

1) Prelude to a Mornin'
2) "Shame, Shame, Shame"

from the opera adapted from Langston Hughes' texts.

Nnenna Freelon, vocals - The Mallarme Chamber Players conducted by
William Banfield

from Albany TROY1190, "Songs for the Soul"

http://www.albanyrecords.com

Enjoy the artistry of Nnenna Freelon and Mallarmé Chamber Players who offer performances of extraordinary music by African-American compsoers.

Mallarmé Chamber Players, the distinguished ensemble based in Durham, North Carolina presents a program of chamber music by African American composers. Spanning several generations of composers, the recording includes works by Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989); Thomas Jefferson Anderson (b. 1928); William Banfield (b. 1961) and Anthony Kelley (b. 1965). Six-time Grammy Award-nominee Nnenna Freelon joins Mallarmé to perform Soul Gone Home by William Banfield, which, along with Grist for the Mill by Anthony Kelley, was commissioned by the ensemble. You can go to this link to hear a fascinating interview done by WUNC Radio in Chapel Hill with Nnenna Freelon, William Banfield and representatives from the Mallarmé Chamber Players and Videmus Records, who produced the recording: http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0521bc10.mp3.

Contents:
Undine Smith Moore, composer
Afro-American Suite
Mallarmé Chamber Players

Thomas Jefferson Anderson, composer
Spirit Songs
Mallarmé Chamber Players

William Banfield, composer
Soul Gone Home
Nnenna Freelon, vocalist, Mallarmé Chamber Players, William Banfield, conductor

Anthony Kelley, composer
Grist for the Mill
Mallarmé Chamber Players

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