An interview with composer Shawn E. Okpebholo on writing music that celebrates faith and hope over hate and fear, collaborating with Will Liverman and J’Nai Bridges, and his new album “Lord, How Come Me Here?”
Learn more about the composer at his website.
Traditional, arr. Shawn E. Okpebholo: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Will Liverman, baritone
Cain Thomason-Redus, flute
Paul Sánchez, piano
Lord, How Come Me Here? – Spirituals, Folk Hymns, and Art Song Reimagined
Navona Records NV-6418
Traditional, arr. Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Leonardo Altino, cello
Lord, How Come Me Here? – Spirituals, Folk Hymns, and Art Song Reimagined
Navona Records NV-6418
Traditional, arr. Okpebholo: He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Paul Sánchez, piano
Lord, How Come Me Here? – Spirituals, Folk Hymns, and Art Song Reimagined
Navona Records NV-6418
Traditional, arr. Okpebholo: Oh Freedom!
Will Liverman, baritone
Paul Sánchez, piano
Okpebholo: Steal Away
Traditional, arr. Okpebholo: I Want to Die Easy When I Die / Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Will Liverman, baritone
Paul Sánchez, piano
Okpebholo: Steal Away
John R. Sweney: Give Me Jesus
Jessye Norman, soprano
Ambrosian Singers
Willis Patterson, conductor
Jessye Norman – Spirituals
Philips 4164622
Traditional, arr. Damien Sneed: All Night, All Day
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Damien Sneed, piano
Spiritual Sketches
LeChateau Earl Records
