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A Change is Gonna Come / Protest Songs


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Palaver Strings full profile / String Ensemble, Voice / 15 musicians

Other players: Nicholas Phan, Farayi Malek


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Palaver Strings presents selections from their latest album A Change Is Gonna Come, featuring acclaimed jazz vocalist Farayi Malek and Grammy-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan. This program celebrates the rich legacy of American protest songs, including iconic songs by Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, and Pete Seeger and a new commission by Errollyn Wallen. Spanning genres, eras, and social movements, A Change Is Gonna Come provokes conversation, confronts the past and present, and celebrates the act of protest as one of humanity’s most precious rights.

Repertoire:
Blowin’ in the Wind (1962) - Bob Dylan, arr. Domenic Salerni

What Are You Fighting For? (1976) - Phil Ochs, arr. Domenic Salerni
Fiddle and the Drum (1969) - Joni Mitchell, arr. Domenic Salerni
Der Mars, from Battalia a 10 (1673) - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Where Have all the Flowers Gone (1955) - Pete Seeger, arr. Domenic Salerni
Protest Songs (commissioned by Palaver Strings, 2023) - Errollyn Wallen
Strange Fruit (1939) - Lewis Allen (Meeropol), arr. Jonathan Bingham
Lovely, Dark and Lonely One (1935) - Harry Burleigh, Langston Hughes, arr. Ian Gottlieb 3’
Freedom is a Constant Struggle (1964) - Roberta Slavitt, arr. Domenic Salerni
I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill (1936) - Alfred Hayes/Earl Robinson, arr. Domenic Salerni
It Isn’t Nice (1971) - Malvina Reynolds, arr. Domenic Salerni 3:20’
Fear the Lamb (commissioned by Palaver Strings, 2019) - Akenya Seymour
A Change is Gonna Come (1964) - Sam Cooke, arr. Domenic Salerni


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