Difficult Grace
Hailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace,” Grammy Award-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods announces the world premiere recording of his multimedia concert tour-de-force, Difficult Grace – featuring works by Fredrick Gifford, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Monty Adkins, Nathalie Joachim, Alvin Singleton, and Ted Hearne – on Cedille Records.
Due to explicit language, only tracks 1-6 are on this broadcast.
Difficult Grace Tracklist
1. Fredrick Gifford (b. 1972) – Difficult Grace* [6:24]
2. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932–2004) – ”Calvary Ostinato” from Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite [3:25]
3. Monty Adkins (b. 1972) – Winter Tendrils* [10:23]
4. Nathalie Joachim (b. 1983) – The Race: 1915* [7:07]
5. Alvin Singleton (b. 1940) – Argoru II [12:15]
6. Nathalie Joachim – Dam Mwen Yo [5:29]
Nathalie Joachim, voice
Ted Hearne (b. 1982) – removed for explicit language
7. free (deleted for explicit language) (1) [1:45]
8. A Wedding, or What We Unlearned from Descartes [5:15]
9. removed for explicit language (2) [2:59]
10. The Lion Tamer's Daughter vs. the Ledge [4:16]
11. After We Ruin [2:18]
Ted Hearne, voice and electronics
TT: 61:47