The best constructed work was the finale, "Grace" (1999), in which Brown created a Goddess figure come down from Heaven "to spread grace among humans."Â In addition to a score by Duke Ellington, Roy Davis, Jr. and Fela Anikulapo Kuti which went from darkly dreamlike to upbeat, guest vocalist Gordon Chambers sang an uplifting soulful, spiritual number as the angel-like lead ushered the cast through a portal to thei…
