Lucia Bradford and Edwin Cotton sing spirituals

The second concert of this two-part concert series features mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford and tenor Edwin Cotton. Lucia Bradford, who has been praised by ‘Opera News’ for her “rich, burnished tone and fearsome low notes,” will sing traditional spiritual arrangements by Lena McLin and J. Rosamond Johnson, as well as an original setting entitled ‘Lord, I’ll Go’, by Jacqueline Hairston. Bradford will share the evening with tenor Edwin Cotton who rounds out the program with arrangements by the “father of the concert spiritual” H.T. Burleigh, as well as spirituals by William Grant Still and Wendell Whalum.

This concert is presented as part of the Arts@Future series in the IDAGIO Global Concert Hall, curated by the Hampsong Foundation. Feel the Spirit is made possible with public funds from Creative Engagement and UMEZ and administered by LMCC. Further support is provided by Columbia Community Service.