Preach Sister Preach
Navona, 2019
8/10
Listen to Preach Sister Preach
The always impressive Katherine Jolly is in great company here, including Emily Yap Chua on piano, as the songstress illuminates pieces penned by Evan Williams, Katherine Bodor and Evan Mack.
“Emily’s House” starts the listen with Jolly’s soaring soprano across 10 poems by Emily Dickinson as keys back the emotive singing. “Absent An Adjustment” follows, and brings a more moody setting to the stirring strings as clarinets add greatly to the landscape.
“Preach Sister Preach” exits the listen with a very novel concept as 10 very powerful women, including Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, and Ann Landers, to name a few, are all represented with power and grace in the operatic delivery
A fluid display of contemporary ideas and flowing rhythm, Preach Sister Preach drives home just how important the female voice is today, maybe more than ever, considering the current state of affairs and the influence woman do wield.
Travels well with: Renee Fleming- Broadway; Joyce DiDonato- Songplay