WEB FLAC (tracks) – 241 Mb | Front Cover | Time – 55:02 minutes
Classical, Choral | Label: Naxos Records, Official Digital Download
Florence Price had an abiding love of literature, setting poets affiliated with the Harlem Renaissance as well as Byron and Robert Frost, among others. Her largest choral work is Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, which sets a poem published in 1914 imagining Lincoln surveying the modern world with dismay. Its chorale-like passages and fugal finale, allied to her use of spirituals, gives the cantata a thoughtful, sometimes introspective grandeur. Song of Hope, which uses Price’s own text, is an emotionally intense supplication that also draws on spirituals. Charming smaller settings devoted to the natural world, and two sacred numbers, complete the album.
Tracklist
01. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight: Introduction – Overture
02. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight: No. 1, It Is Portentous
03. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight: No. 2, Until the Dawn-Stars Burn Away
04. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight: No. 3, He Cannot Sleep
05. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight: No. 4, His Head is Bowed
06. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight: No. 5, He Cannot Rest Until a Spirit-Dawn Shall Come
07. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight: No. 6, Finale
08. Song of Hope
09. Weathers
10. Poem of Praise
11. Praise the Lord
12. Wander-Thirst
13. Summer Clouds
14. Song for Snow
15. The Witch of the Meadow
16. The Moon Bridge
17. Night
18. Resignation
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