MICHAEL DAUGHERTY (b.1954): This Land Sings for Soprano, Baritone and Ensemble.

Description: Daugherty has created an original musical tribute to the singer-songwriter and political activist Woody Guthrie. Traveling the backroads of America from coast to coast with a guitar and harmonica, Guthrie performed folk songs of love, wandering and social justice during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Daugherty has composed his own original songs (11) and instrumental interludes (6) that give haunting expression, ironic wit and contemporary relevance to political, social and environmental themes from Guthrie’s era. Texts included. Annika Socolofsky (soprano), John Daugherty (baritone), Dogs of Desire; David Alan Miller.