"Spiritual" - Ysaye M. Barnwell Michele Zuckman, conductor WE WHO BELIEVE honors music as a tool for liberation: a way to speak our deepest truths, to offer encouragement, and to sustain hope in the depths of oppression. The concert spans centuries and continents, with music by Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Benjamin Britten, Alberto Favero, Ted Hearne, and Philadelphia's own Melissa Dunphy.

William Dawson (1899-1990), Arr. - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Chestnut Street Singers Rebecca Roy, mezzo-soprano Emily Sung, conductor Recorded March 15, 2019 Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill

Craig Hella Johnson - Gitanjali Chants Chestnut Street Singers Michele Zuckman, conductor Recorded March 2017 The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill

Composed by Eric Whitacre (b. 1970). Performed by the Chestnut Street Singers in "fray: as shadows fall" on November 1, 2015, with Josh Dearing conducting. www.chestnutstreetsingers.org Stretched out on the grass a boy and a girl. Savoring their oranges, giving their kisses like waves exchanging foam.

Victoria - Versa est in luctum Chestnut Street Singers Emily Sung, conductor Recorded June 2018 Proclamation Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr

Peegeldused tasasest maast or Reflections from a Plain Land composed by Tõnu Kõrvits (b.1969) Julia Morelli, cello Emily Sung, conductor Tõnu Kõrvits represents a new generation of Estonian choral music. He is known for music that brings listeners on a journey through natural, allegorical, mythical, and fantastical landscapes.