MICHAEL WALKER
& ALCHYMY VIOLS
DEEP RIVER:
AMERICAN SPIRITUALS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME
Sunday, July 9, 2023 | 2:30 PM
The Indiana History Center
450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Spirituals composed by Black Composers:
Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949)
John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954)
Roland Hayes (1887-1977)
William L. Dawson (1899-1990)
Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
Program
Part I
Traditional
John Rosamond Johnson/Lyrics – James Weldon Johnson
Margaret Bonds
Over My Head (Solo voice)
Lift Every Voice and Sing (Instrumental)
Ezek’el Saw the Wheel*
Part II
H. T. Burleigh
Moses Hogan
H. T. Burleigh
Moses Hogan
My Lord What A Mornin’ (Instrumental)
Give Me Jesus
Steal Away (Instrumental)
Deep River
Part III
H. T. Burleigh
H. T. Burleigh
Margaret Bonds
Margaret Bonds
Moses Hogan
Hard Trails (Instrumental)
I Don’t Feel No-Ways Tired (Instrumental)
Hold On
Joshua Fit da Battle of Jericho
Walk Together Children (Instrumental)
Intermission
Part IV
Traditional
William L. Dawson
H. T. Burleigh
H. T. Burleigh
Nobody Knows De Trouble I See (Instrumental)
Soon Ah Will be Done
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Moaning Pines from Southland (Harp Solo)
Part V
H. T. Burleigh
Roland Hayes
Roland Hayes
H. T. Burleigh
Weepin Mary
He Never Said a Mumberlin’ Word (Solo voice)
‘Roun’ About de Mountain
Plantation Melodies, Old & New: I. Negro Lullaby (Instrumental)
Part VI
Traditional
Roland Hayes
Moses Hogan
Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit (Instrumental)
Plenty Good Room
Walk Together Children