Gwendolyn Brown, Contralto – From the Dark Tower by Dorothy Rudd Moore

Art Song Cycle performed in its entirety. From the Dark Tower Dorothy Rudd Moore, Composer Selections performed in order: O black and unknown bards (J.W. Johnson) Southern Mansions (Arna Bontemps) No Images (Waring Cuney) Dream Variation (Hughes) For a Poet (Cullen) From the Dark Tower (Cullen) From the 20th Anniversary African American Art Song Conference, February 9 – 12, 2017, Winifred Smith Hall University of Irvine, CA. Recorded by the Hampsong Foundation, on Saturday February 11, 2017. Gwendolyn Brown, contralto Gordon Grubbs, cello Richard Thompson, piano Uploaded with the permission of the African American Art Song Alliance (Darryl Taylor) and the Hampsong Foundation, Christie Finn, Managing Director.