Joelle Lamarre, soprano; Gwendolyn Brown, contralto; Julian Terrell Otis, tenor; David Fulmer, conductor. Text by Lewis. Act I (excerpt): Prologue to Scene 1; Scene 1: Down South; Prologue to Scene 2; Scene 2: In Chicago; Scene 3: The Cemetery.
counter)induction; Marlanda Dekine, speaker; Nurit Pacht, violin: Daniel Lippel, guitar; Caleb van der Swaagh, cello. Text by Dekine. Nine movements: i - Wilderness; ii - Intermezzo 1; iii - Returning; iv - Intermezzo 2; v - Out There; vi - Intermezzo 3; vii - Reclamation; viii - Intermezzo 4; ix - Risk.
The last two movements of the five movement work: IV - bread; V - breadth. Libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Joseph, spoken word artist; Minnesota Orchestra (Jonathan Taylor Rush, conductor); Minnesota Chorale, choir; 29:11, choir; Twin Cities Choral Partners, choir.
For mezzo-soprano, clarinet, piano, tar, cello and udu. Afarin Mansouri, mezzo-soprano; Padideh Ahrarnejad, tar; Ali Massoudi, udu. Text by Rūmī (1207–1273) from Sonnet #2039 from Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi.
