Although Walker only used the first three stanzas and the thirteenth, “Sing on, sing on you gray-brown chook.” I was able to find out what Moore was singing. (As is so typically the case, she swallows her consonants an extreme quantity of.) The brilliance with which Walker set these phrases to music is gorgeous. And here, on the heels of Franz Welser-Most’s traversal of orchestral music by George Walker, is an excellent album of music by black American composers which includes yet one more piece by Walker…and, fortunately, doesn’t include music by Florence B. Price!!
- No, it’s not a towering masterpiece, however it’s certainly creative and absorbing, nicely worthy of the time you spend listening to it, and it does create an hypnotic sound environment that you can really feel comfy in.
- Future Ambient this beautiful calm ambient music with gentle piano, synth, and smooth beats to create gentle and