This morning’s musical selections are connected to African and African Diasporic traditions. The composers either hail from African nations, occupied themselves with African idioms, or embraced African-American musical styles. Their names—and the names of the heritage they celebrated—are too rarely spoken. Read on for programming details, and stay tuned for introductions to each work during worship.
Centering Music: Adam Kent, piano
“Maribye Ma Nonoha Ngopfu” (These Stones Are Very Hard)
South East African, arr. by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Opening Music:
“Dancing Barefoot in the Rain” from African Sketches
Nkeiru Okoye
Musical Meditation:
“Poor Mourner’s Got a Home”
Wallace M. Cheatham
Interlude:
“The Angels Changed My Name”
African-American Spiritual, arr. by Coleridge-Taylor
Parting Music:
“The Monk” from Portraits in Jazz
Valerie Capers
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