Lost Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concert Piece on Film and MP3

The Orchestra of The Longfellow
Chorus has just released a recording of Coleridge-Taylor violin concert piece associated with Maud Powell's
premiere of Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto. "Keep me from sinkin' down," based on the
African-American spiritual by the same name, was
originally commissioned as the second movement of Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto, though
the composer ultimately composed
an entirely different second movement. We filmed and recorded Keep me from sinkin' on
the 100th anniversary of the premiere, June 4, 2012, on the very stage at the Norfolk Festival where Maud
performed on June 4, 1912.

There
are two ways listeners can hear our June 4, 2012, Norfolk, Connecticut,
performance of Keep me from sinkin' down, with violin soloist Lydia
Forbes:1) By purchasing the mp3 through such online audio stores as Amazon  2) By viewing the trailer to our documentary film, currently introduction, "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America, 1900-1912." The completed film, about 90 minutes, will be released in March 2013: This
is the only recording of the piece. I compiled the orchestra parts from
Coleridge-Taylor's original manuscript. Ours is one of the very few
performances of the work in history.Best wishes,Charles Kaufmann, artistic directorThe Longfellow ChorusPO Box 5133Portland, MaineUSA 04101http://www.longfellowchorus.com