2003


A Journey Beyond Time: American Songbook II

Composed by George Crumb
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Song Collection


A Journey Beyond Time: American Songbook II bears the subtitle "Songs of Despair and Hope: A Cycle of Afro-American Spirituals." The work sets traditional African American spirituals for voice, amplified piano, and percussion.

Songs

A Journey Beyond Time: American Songbook II:

1. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
2. “Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho”
3. “Steal Away”
4. “Oh, a-Rock-a My Soul”
5. The Pregnant Earth: A Psalm for Noontide (Instrumental Interlude)
6. “Sit Down, Sister”
7. “Nobody Knows de Trouble I See”
8. “Go Down, Moses”
9. “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”

Audio

“Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jerico” (from “A Journey Beyond Time: American Songbook II”)
Thomas Hampson & members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center3:38

George Crumb

Composer

Traditional

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2011

Date

Alice Tully Hall

Location

“Sit Down, Sister” (from “A Journey Beyond Time: American Songbook II”)
Thomas Hampson (baritone) & members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center1:53

George Crumb

Composer

Traditional

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2011

Date

Alice Tully Hall

Location

“Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” (from “A Journey Beyond Time: American Songbook II”)
Thomas Hampson & members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center6:45

George Crumb

Composer

Traditional

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2011

Date

Alice Tully Hall

Location

Sheet Music