In celebrating Black History Month, Heartland Sings Tenor Principal Vocal Artist, Brian Sussman (accompanied by Maestro Nance), present "Grief" by William Grant Still.
Still (1895-1978) was an American composer and the first African-American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States. Still was a prolific composer of operas, ballets, symphonies and art songs.
This piece "Grief" was composed in 1953 with text by LeRoy V. Brant. The poem was inspired during a visit to a local cemetery where Brant saw a statue of an angel with his head buried in his arms weeping.
