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Okoye: When The Caged Bird Sings [CD], Rita Coburn, CD

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Okoye: When The Caged Bird Sings [CD], Rita Coburn, vinyl LP, front cover, hero
Label
Naxos
Released
April 10, 2026
Format
CD
Condition
New
UPC
636943995327

About This Record

Nkeiru Okoye's When the Caged Bird Sings is a 'musical celebration' whose compositional voice, though rooted in the African American church, also embraces minimalism and improvisational elements. Delivering a message of adversity turned to triumph, it celebrates the transformative ability of African American women, partly evoking the experiences of the author and activist Maya Angelou. The work functions as a communal ritual that, like oratorio, opera, and theatre, brings together vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra in an experience that both commemorates and celebrates hope and possibility.

Tracklist

Tracklist for Rita Coburn - Okoye: When The Caged Bird Sings [CD]
1When the Caged Bird Sings~Part I: Gather Together in My Name. Who am I supposed to be?
2When the Caged Bird Sings~Part I: Gather Together in My Name. Devotions
3When the Caged Bird Sings~Part I: Gather Together in My Name. Shine your light upon us
4When the Caged Bird Sings~Part I: Gather Together in My Name. The Beatitudes
5When the Caged Bird Sings~Part II: Now Sheba Sings the Song. Cerise's Story, Part 1 - You gave me a baby girl
6When the Caged Bird Sings~Part II: Now Sheba Sings the Song. He Saw Her Beauty
7When the Caged Bird Sings~Part II: Now Sheba Sings the Song. I am Thine, O Lord
8When the Caged Bird Sings~Part II: Now Sheba Sings the Song. Sometimes life gets ugly
9When the Caged Bird Sings~Part III: And Still I Rise. Cerise's Story, Part 2 - I thought this life would protect us
10When the Caged Bird Sings~Part III: And Still I Rise. Pass me not, O Gentle Savior
11When the Caged Bird Sings~Part IV: I Shall Not Be Moved. Cerise's Story, Part 3 - It takes a village
12When the Caged Bird Sings~Part IV: I Shall Not Be Moved. Interlude - She shall not be moved
13When the Caged Bird Sings~Part V: A Song Flung up to Heaven. Butterflies - Be Transformed
14When the Caged Bird Sings~Part V: A Song Flung up to Heaven. Be Transformed
15When the Caged Bird Sings~Part V: A Song Flung up to Heaven. I'm so glad I found me
16When the Caged Bird Sings~Part V: A Song Flung up to Heaven. Cerise's Story, Part 4 - You sheltered me
17When the Caged Bird Sings~Part V: A Song Flung up to Heaven. When a Caged Bird Sings - Night turns to day

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