Can You Hear God Crying?
“A Spiritorio by Hannibal Lokumbe”
2014•NR•1h 12m•Released
Music
World première recording of Hannibal Lokumbe's 'spritatorio' Can You Hear God Crying, which combines jazz, gospel and chamber music with West African prayers and songs. The piece, commissioned by Philadelphia philanthropist Carole Haas Gravagno, is about the composer's great-great-grandfather, who was born in the Sahara, kidnapped and enslaved in Liberia, and sold at auction in Charleston, S.C. He escaped to Texas, where he bought land and had a family.
Director
Matthew Conant
Studio
NAXOS
Cast
Hannibal Lokumbe
Himself
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