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WHAT DREAMS WE HAVE
KENNETH OVERTON
CASEY ROBARDS
© ℗ 2024 Lexicon Classics. LC2408 All rights reserved.
Executive Producers: Gillian Riesen, Kenneth Overton
Producers: Kenneth Overton, Casey Robards
Engineer: Alec LaBau
Assistant Engineers: Anthony Patterson, Lewis McAdow
Mastering Engineer: Sergei Kvitko
Recorded May 14-17, 2024 at the Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
NOTES ON THE ALBUM
"The inspiration behind What Dreams We Have: The Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar was the brand new song cycle composed by Anthony Patterson, “Lyrics of Love and Laughter”. We premiered this cycle in recital at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in March 2024. We loved it so much that we knew immediately that we wanted to record it. We set out to select other songs with Dunbar lyrics to complement it, and found a wealth of songs that worked beautifully. With a combination of veteran composers like Hailstork, Adams and Price, new composers like Jeremiah Evans and Walker Jermaine Jackson, and the rediscovered gems of Lena McLin and Irene Britton Smith, we embarked on an inspirational journey through Dunbar’s lyric and poetic voice. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed creating it."
-Kenneth Overton
Full liner notes by Dr. Minnita Daniel-Cox available for download below.
TRACK LIST
Adolphus Hailstork Four Romantic Love Songs
1. My Heart to Thy Heart (2:25)
2. Invitation to Love (3:46)
3. Longing (4:08)
4. Goodnight (3:32)
Irene Britton Smith
5. Over The Hills (1:41)*
6. By The Pool (2:11)*
Jeremiah Evans
7. Summer in the South (2:07)*
Florence Price
8. What’s The Use? (1:24)
9. Because (2:21)
10. The Poet and His Song (3:31)
11. Sympathy (3:19)
Anthony J. Patterson Lyrics of Love and Laughter*
12. The Dance (4:38)
13. The Dove (1:32)
14. Response (3:55)
15. Dreams (1:54)
16. In May (5:41)
17. The Valse (7:29)
H. Leslie Adams
18. Love Memory (4:07)
Lena McLin
19. Silence (1:00)
20. The Unlucky Apple (0:56)
Walker Jermaine Jackson
21. We Wear The Mask (4:18)*
*World Premiere Recording
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