SKU: GI.G-8811
Edited by James
Abbington. African
American Church Music
Series. Sacred.
Collection. GIA
Publications #8811.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-8811).
UPC: 785147881131.
English.
The latest
recording in the African
American Church Music
Series, The Lord Is My
Light, is simply bursting
with a wonderful array of
music: anthems with organ
and trumpets, a hymn
arrangement, gospel
selections in
contemporary and
traditional styles, and
lesser- known a cappella
spirituals by composers/
arrangers Clayton White,
Uzee Brown Jr., and the
pioneer of the concert
Negro spiritual, Harry T.
Burleigh. Recorded in
Cannon Chapel at Emory
University in Atlanta,
this CD features a
collection of talented
voices from various
Georgia universities and
the broader Atlanta
community. CONTENTS: The
Lord Is My Light
(Jefferson) • Hymn
of Consecration (Curtis)
• Take My Mother
Home (arr. White) •
God Is Not Dead
(Douroux/arr. Shelley)
• Alleluia
(Coleman) •
I’ve Seen Him Work
(Robinson) •
Jubilee! (White) •
Faithful over a Few
Things (Burleigh) •
Psalm 117 (Brown, Jr.)
• I’ve Been
in de Storm So Long (arr.
Burleigh) • And He
Blessed My Soul
(Watkins-Stevens) •
It Is Well with My Soul
(Bliss/arr. Haywood)
• Would You Be
Ready? (arr. Brown, Jr.)
• As Far As You Can
See (Nelson III).