“Our Fathers’ Road”: A Cantata for New Sweden for Soprano, Oboe/English Horn, Violoncello, Percussion and Piano is a cycle of five songs in Swedish and the Lenni Lenape language translated into English. It was commissioned and premiered by the Vinland Duo in 1989.
Instrumentation
First Performance
Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ, The Vinland Duo, 1989
Publisher
Redrunner Music (David Sampson)
Recording
Jersey Sessions, Volume 3, Composer's Guild of New Jersey, 1992, The Vinland Ensemble: Margaret Astrop, Soprano; Virginia Brewer, Oboe; Loretta O'Sullivan, Cello; Mary Ann Brown, Piano; Adrienne Wilcox, Vibraphone and Percussion
“OUR FATHER’S ROAD”: A CANTATA FOR NEW SWEDEN
David Sampson (1989)
Movements
Total Running Time: 12:08
I. The Virginia Ballad (A) 2:25
II. The Walum Olum (A) 2:40
III. The Vision Chant 1:44
IV. The Walam Olum (B) 1:59
V. The Virginia Balad (B) 3:30