Two Wings: The Music of Black America In Migration
The Kennedy Center Program

featuring readings by Professor Farah Jasmine Griffin from her books Harlem Nocturne, “Who Set You Flowin’?”, Uptown Conversations & In Search of Billie Holiday: If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery

FLORENCE PRICE / Sympathy 
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano
Jason Moran, Piano 

JASON MORAN Cane
I. Togo to Natchitoches 
II. Coincoin’s Narrative
III. Gens Libre de Couleur 
IV. Natchitoches to New York 
Imani Winds
Jason Moran, Piano 

JAMES P. JOHNSON Carolina Shout
Jason Moran, Piano 

BILLIE HOLIDAY / God Bless the Child 
ARTHUR HERZOG JR. Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano
Tarus Mateen, Bass
Jason Moran, Piano

SPIRITUAL There’s a Man Going ’Round Taking Names 
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor
Jason Moran, Piano 

PASTOR SMOKIE NORFUL Dear God Pastor
Smokie Norful, Vocals & Piano

INTERMISSION

JUAN TIZOL / MILLS IRVING Caravan 
/ DUKE ELLINGTON Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano 
Tarus Mateen, Bass
Jason Moran, Piano
String Quartet from Harlem Chamber Players

COLERIDGE Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk
TAYLOR-PERKINSON Curtis Stewart, Violin

ANTHONY NEWLEY / Feeling Good, from The Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd 
LESLIE BRICUSSE Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano 
Tarus Mateen, Bass
Jason Moran, Piano 

SPIRITUAL The Purest Kind of Guy 
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor
Jason Moran, Piano 

GEORGE GERSHWIN / Summertime, from Porgy and Bess 
DUBOSE HEYWARD / Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano 
IRA GERSHWIN Jason Moran, Piano 

WALTER DONALDSON / How Ya Gonna Keep ’em Down on the Farm (After They’ve Seen Paree?)
JOE YOUNG / SAM M. LEWIS Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano 
Jason Moran, Piano 

ALICIA HALL MORAN Believe Me 
Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano
Tarus Mateen, Bass 
Jason Moran, Piano

SPIRITUAL He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
(arr. Margaret Bonds)
Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano
Imani Winds
Jason Moran, Piano 

SPIRITUAL Two Wings
Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano
Tarus Mateen, Bass
Jason Moran, Piano