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Hold On, We Shall Overcome! with Nathaniel Gumbs

Power to the People! Festival

The Director of Chapel Music at Yale University reimagines traditional hymns, spirituals, and concert music with 21st-century perspective.
Nathaniel Gumbs

Hold On, We Shall Overcome! with Nathaniel Gumbs

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Nathaniel Gumbs honed his musical craft learning to play by ear in his Baptist church in the Bronx, sneaking in on Saturday nights to teach himself how to play the church’s organ. Now serving as Director of Chapel Music at Yale University, Gumbs has championed traditional spirituals, recording an album with Dashon Burton titled Songs of Struggle, as well as underperformed music of Black composers. Hold On, We Shall Overcome! presents concert music of western European and African American composers, world premiere arrangements of traditional hymns, and spirituals from the vibrant Black church tradition.

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Program

About the Program, notes by Christopher Russell

HOLLINS

Concert Overture No. 2 in C minor

FRANCK

Choral No. 1 in E major

KARG-ELERT

“Harmonies du Soir,” Op. 72, No. 1 (from Three Impressions for Organ)

PRICE

First Sonata for Organ

Intermission

TRADITIONAL (arr. by Joseph Joubert)

“Hold On” (world premiere, commissioned by N. Gumbs)

TRADITIONAL (arr. by John Stoddart)

“Soon-a will be done” (world premiere, commissioned by N. Gumbs)

TRADITIONAL (arr. William Bolcom)

“What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (from Gospel Preludes, Book 1)

Uzee BROWN

Church Yard Chatter

TRADITIONAL (arr. Carl Haywood)

“We Shall Overcome”

Artists

Nathaniel Gumbs

Nathaniel Gumbs

organ

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