Deep River – funk version

2014c

low mezzo-soprano or alto, two violins, viola, cello, double bass and percussion

4'

Written for singer Nora Fisher and Fuse, première Concertgebouw, Tracks Thankgiving concerts November 26 & 27 2014

 

A funk version of the well known spiritual that stresses the rhythmic motives of the original 19th-century version.