Tecora Rogers & The Chicago spirituals

The ensemble Tecora Rogers & The Chicago spirituals (USA) with the programm Gospels, Spirituals and Jazz

PROGRAMME:
The traditional spirituals Go Down Moses and Motherless Child

Christopher Brinson
The spiritual What if God Is Unhappy?

Shirley Goodman and Leonard Lee
Blues: Let the Good Times Roll

Carol Welsman
Jazz: You Take Me Away

Johann Sebastian Bach
The hymn Jesus Lover of My Soul

Desmond Pringle
The contemporary gospel Holiness Is Right

Anonymous
The gospel There Is no Failure in God

John Thompson and Randy Scruggs
The contemporary gospel In the Sanctuary

Tecora Rogers and Kevin Smith
The gospel God’s Grace

V. M. McKay
The gospel Oh Jesus

Michael Brooks
The gospel Get Right Church Medley

Richard Smallwood
Total Praise

The Negro spiritual Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Kurt Carr
The contemporary gospel For Every Mountain

Albert Goodson
The traditional gospel We’ve Come This Far by Faith

George Jordan
The gospel Jesus Can Work It out

With the support of the Consulate General of the USA in St Petersburg

About the performers

The ensemble Tecora Rogers and the Chicago Spirituals (USA) was founded in 2003 by Tecora Rogers, a professional singer and researcher of the styles of gospel and spirituals. Each year the ensemble tours throughout the USA and Europe. The ensemble has given highly acclaimed concerts in Moscow and St Petersburg.
In September 2014 St Petersburg jazz maestro David Goloshchekin invited the ensemble to perform at the St Petersburg Jazz Philharmonic. The concert took place with the support of the US Consulate General.
In October the same year the ensemble took part in the XIV International Conservatoire Week festival in St Petersburg. The musicians performed at the Glazunov Small Hall and ran a master-class in the history of the gospel and spirituals genres.

Age category 6+