| Season | 2016-2017 |
|---|---|
| Performance Date | February 19, 2017 |
| Performance Year | 2017 |
| Performance Time | 4:00PM |
| Location | Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN |
| Performance Title | VocalEssence WITNESS: Underground Railroad |
| Composer | Emily Feld |
| Country | USA |
| Year Composed | 2016 |
| Timing | 5min 36sec |
| Performers | VocalEssence Chorus |
| Text Translation | Sometimes the mist overhangs my path, And blackening clouds about me cling; But, oh, I have a magic way To turn the gloom to cheerful day — I softly sing. And if the way grows darker still, Shadowed by Sorrow’s somber wing, With glad de ance in my throat, I pierce the darkness with a note, And sing, and sing. I brood not over the broken past, Nor dread whatever time may bring; No nights are dark, no days are long, While in my heart there swells a song, And I can sing. --James Weldon Johnson |
| Categories | World Premiere VocalEssence Commission WITNESS Repertoire |
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