Morehouse College Glee Club celebrates 109 years | Featuring the ASO

Video Premiere: The 109th Annual Morehouse College Glee Club Concert feat. the ASO
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Program:
[Times rounded]
~~both MCGC and ASO~~
- (2:15 - tuning instruments)
- (3:00 - foreword by Dr. Uzee Brown)
- 7:55 - "Brothers, Sing On!" by Grieg (arr. Howard D. McKinney)
- 10:00 - "Hallelujah" by Beethoven, from Christus am Olberg, Opus 85 (Christ on the Mount of Olives)
- 15:15 - "Ascribe to the Lord" by Rosephanye Powell
- 18:05 - "Overture to Treemonisha" by Scott Joplin (orch. T. J. Anderson)
- (25:40 - Dr. Uzee Brown prefaces "Seven Last Words of the Unarmed" as more members enter the choral ensemble)
- [27:40 - begin "Seven Last Words of the Unarmed" by Joel Thompson]
- 27:45 - I. "Why do you have your guns out?" -Kenneth Chamberlain, 66
- 30:05 - II. "What are you following me for?" -Trayvon Martin, 16
- 31:50 - III. "Mom, I'm going to college." -Amadou Diallo, 23
- 35:40 - IV. "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting." -Michael Brown, 18
- 36:50 - V. "You shot me! You shot me!" -Oscar Grant, 22
- 38:25 - VI. "It's not real." -John Crawford, 22
- 40:45 - VII. "I can't breathe." -Eric Garner, 43
- 45:35 - "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by John Rosamond Johnson (arr. Roland M. Carter)
~~Quartet~~
- 52:10 - "Good News, The Chariot's Comin'," a spiritual
~~MCGC~~
- 55:20 - "I Am the Voice" by Mark Butler
- 1:02:20 - "Betelehemu" by Olatunji and Whalum
- 1:08:05 - "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho," a spiritual (arr. Colin Lett)
- 1:10:55 - "That's Alright," a spiritual (arr. Jefferson Ethridge)
- 1:14:50 - "Soon-ah Will Be Done," a spiritual (arr. William Dawson)
- 1:19:50 - "Lithisikiya", a South African Apartheid song (arr. Aaron Carter-Enyi)
~~MCGC and its former members~~
- 1:24:05 - "The Morehouse College Hymn" by J. O. B. Moseley

[@queeniebee3618]

Thank you for this!

[@BrianWahlAloha]

"Seven Last Words of the Unarmed" took my breath away. I wept throughout your performance.

[@atlantasymphony]

It's such an important and moving work. Thanks for watching, and be sure to check out more from composer Joel Thompson!

[@LiznCaro]

Listened as part of my music class home work and I’m grateful! This music is truly meaningful and beautiful.

[@jessejoyner2520]

We have always enjoyed watching and listening to both of these fine institutions of Atlanta!

[@AntoinneBarnes]

Bravo!!!!

[@nancyjanet6865]

Beautiful and profound

[@mightyparagon8697]

Wahoo! Wonderful performance. Melody voices, full of energy and powerful instruments well played a good job. I will like to attend the show life.

[@epp.5593]

Beautiful

[@charlottetrautwein5100]

Who were the conductors?!

[@AceHardy]

✍️

[@ATeaNTea]

I cried too like Lebron alledgely does to referees and officals everybody cries sssooooometime even animals.