Arturo den Hartog & Mattias Spee - Spirituals

Enslaved Africans in the United States found strength and hope by singing spirituals, songs based on experiences of oppression and stories from the Old Testament. Many composers, such as the African-American composers Harry Burleigh and Moses Hogan, made arrangements for orally transmitted spirituals. In this concert, countertenor Arturo den Hartog and pianist Mattias Spee perform well-known and lesser-known spirituals in a program that ranges from sad and intimate to grand and festive.