Release Date: February 10, 2023

GEORGE WALKER: Lyric for Strings Folksongs for Orchestra Lilacs for Voice & Orchestra

Asher Fisch, conductor
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Seattle Symphony

WILLIAM L. DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony

Roderick Cox, conductor
Seattle Symphony

The Seattle Symphony releases powerful, live performances of works by two brilliant American composers, William L. Dawson and Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker. These deeply expressive scores — recorded in the stunning acoustics of Benaroya Hall — take inspiration from a variety of sources, including Negro spirituals, jazz harmonies and modernist traditions.

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