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Receive updates from the Harry T. Burleigh Society, as well as video recordings from our past performances.
“And They Lynched Him on a Tree” (1940)
Still, William Grant (composer)
Lucia Bradford, contralto, Lawrence Craig, narrator, the Brooklyn Ecumenical Choir, Chorus of Mourners, Ad hoc chorus, Lynch Mob and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Cunningham, conductor
Courtney Carey, chorus master
"Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" (1917)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Marti Newland, soprano, and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Arranged by Dr. Thomas Cunningham
“Deep River” (1917)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Omar Bowey, tenor
Accompanied by Kamel Boutros
“Deep River” (1917)
Burleigh, Harry T. (arranger)
Jonathan Green, baritone
Erik Carlson, piano
"Four Novelletten, Op. 52" (1903)
Coleridge-Taylor, S. (composer)
Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra conducted by Dr. Thomas Cunningham
"From the Southland" (1910)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Roy Jennings, pianist
Eddie Pleasant, orator
“Go Down, Moses” (1917)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Steven Kirby, baritone
Accompanied by Kamel Boutros
"Hiawatha's Vision" from the Haiwatha's Departure of the Hiawatha Trilogy (1898-1900)
Coleridge-Taylor, S. (composer)
Sidney Outlaw, baritone, and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Arranged by Dr. Thomas Cunningham
“Her Eyes Twin Pools” (1915)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Omar Bowey, tenor
Accompanied by Kamel Boutros
"I Got a Home in a-dat Rock” (1926)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Marti Newland, soprano
Accompanied by Kamel Boutros
“Jean” (1903)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Amanda Finch, mezzo-soprano
Accompanied by Alex Nguyen
"Largo," Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" (1893)
Dvorak, Antonin (composer)
Lawrence Craig, baritone, and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Cunningham, conductor
"Lovely Dark and Lonely One" (1934)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Marti Newland, soprano
Accompanied by Kamel Boutros
“My Lord, What a Mornin’” (1918)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
“Ezekiel Saw de Wheel” (1942)
Dawson, William Levi (composer)
The Concert Chorale, Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow
Courtney Carey, conductor
"O Ye That Love The Lord" (1892)
Coleridge-Taylor, S. (composer)
Marti Newland, Lucia Bradford, Chauncey Packer, Sidney Outlaw, Edward Pleasant, Roy Jennings and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Arrangement of spirituals from Harry T. Burleigh's 1929 "Old Songs Hymnal”
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Artis Wodehouse, arranger and organist
"Onaway! Awake, Beloved!" from the Haiwatha's Wedding Feast of the Hiawatha Trilogy (1898-1900)
Coleridge-Taylor, S. (composer)
Chauncey Packer, tenor, and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Arranged by Dr. Thomas Cunningham
“One Year 1914-1915” (1916)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Steven Kirby, baritone
Accompanied by Kamel Boutros
“Scandalize My Name” (1921)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Amanda Finch, mezzo-soprano
Accompanied by Alex Nguyen
"The Glory of the Day Was In Her Face” (1915)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Marti Newland, soprano, and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Arranged by Briana Daniels
“The Palms” (1872)
Faure, Jean-Baptiste (composer)
Jonathan Green, baritone
Erik Carlson, piano
Violin Concerto No. 2 (1952)
Price, Florence (composer)
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin, and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
“Were You There” (1917)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano, and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Arranged by Dr. Thomas Cunningham
“Your Eyes So Deep” (1915)
Burleigh, Harry T. (composer)
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano, and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Arranged by Dr. Thomas Cunningham
