Art Songs by African American Women
Performed by Susan Hurley, soprano & William Reber, pianist
Program
I.
Jeraldine Saunders Herbison (b. 1941)
We met by chance (Curtis) | I’ll not forget (Ellison) from Five Art Songs
II.
Dolores White (1932-2023)
That Black Reef (Kilgore) | Nails (Kilgore)
III.
Undine Smith Moore (1904-1988)
I am in Doubt (Willette) | Lyric for Truelove (Willette)
IV.
Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Even in the moment | Feast | I know my mind | What lips my lips have kissed
from Four Songs on Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay
V.
Betty Jackson King (1928-1994)
Theology (Dunbar) | Compensation (Dunbar)
VI.
Florence Price (1887-1953)
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord