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Shawn E. Okpebholo: Songs in Flight

Iwona Glinka (flute), Rhiannon Giddens (folk singer), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Will Liverman (baritone), Karen Slack (soprano), Paul Sánchez (piano), Violina Petrychenko (piano), Anna Bura, Maryna Hromadska, Silviia Fudela (violin)

Shawn E. Okpebholo: Songs in Flight

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Never sentimental and sometimes forceful, Okpebholo’s imaginative score of ten simmers with sharp dissonance but also draws on elements of folk, lullaby, protest song and spiritual... The performances...

BBC Music Magazine, March 20255 out of 5 stars

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Shawn E. Okpebholo: Songs in Flight

Iwona Glinka (flute), Rhiannon Giddens (folk singer), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Will Liverman (baritone), Karen Slack (soprano), Paul Sánchez (piano), Violina Petrychenko (piano), Anna Bura, Maryna Hromadska, Silviia Fudela (violin)

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Never sentimental and sometimes forceful, Okpebholo’s imaginative score of ten simmers with sharp dissonance but also draws on elements of folk, lullaby, protest song and spiritual... The performances...

BBC Music Magazine, March 20255 out of 5 stars

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  • Release date: 14th Feb 2025
  • Label: Cedille
  • Catalogue number: CDR 90000 234
  • Length: 63 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Shawn E. Okpebholo: Songs in Flight
Work length45:15
No. 1, Oh Freedom (A Spiritual)
Track length4:17
No. 2, In Flight (A Quiet Song)
Track length6:30
No. 3, Asko or Glasgow
Track length2:53
No. 4, Peter (A Work Song)
Track length1:28
No. 5, Mud Song (A Folk Song)
Track length4:02
No. 6, Jack (and Paul) (A Field Holler)
Track length2:09
No. 7, Mariah Francis (A Waltz)
Track length3:33
No. 8, Matilda’s Tom (An Anthem)
Track length1:11
No. 9, I go by Robert (A Protest Song / Reprise)
Track length3:30
No. 10, Ahmaud (An Elegiac Lullaby)
Track length5:04
No. 11, Four Martins (A Dirge)
Track length4:56
No. 12, Jubilee: Thomas Rutling (1854? - 1915) (A Lament / Quasi Reprise)
Track length5:42
Shawn E. Okpebholo: An Echo, An Ending (from Unknown)
Work length5:38
Shawn E. Okpebholo: Time (from 'Three Psalmic Meditations')
Work length5:43
Shawn E. Okpebholo: Sing, O Black Mother (from 'Words Like Freedom')
Work length1:35
  • Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez
Shawn E. Okpebholo: I'm Sure (from 'Four Songs on Love')
Work length5:20
  • Karen Slack, Paul Sánchez

Awards and reviews

  • BBC Music Magazine
    March 2025
    Choral &Song Choice
  • Grammy Awards
    68th Awards (2026)
    Nominated - Best Contemporary Classical Composition

March 2025

Never sentimental and sometimes forceful, Okpebholo’s imaginative score of ten simmers with sharp dissonance but also draws on elements of folk, lullaby, protest song and spiritual... The performances are equally outstanding.
5 out of 5 stars
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