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Black History Month

Celebrating Black Composers and Performers

Celebrate the contributions, achievements and essential classical music of Black composers and performers from yesterday and today on YourClassical's Black History Month Stream.

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  • 6:12 PM

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Derrick Skye

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Bridge to Everywhere

    14:07
  • 6:03 PM

    Songs of the Seasons

    Margaret Bonds

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    9:27
  • 5:54 PM

    Again

    Curtis Stewart

    Seasons of Change

    Curtis Stewart, violin

    8:01
  • 5:38 PM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    15:53
  • 5:36 PM

    Rock My Soul

    Spiritual

    Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)

    Fairfield Four

    2:21
  • 5:20 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    15:23
  • 5:07 PM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 5:03 PM

    Valse Caprice

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:56 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 4:51 PM

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis, piano

    4:58
  • 4:44 PM

    Blues Symphony: Dialogue in Democracy

    Wynton Marsalis

    Marsalis: Blues Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Jader Bignamini, conductor

    6:23
  • 4:38 PM

    Ghetto Strings: Motor City

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    Thrum

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    6:49
  • 4:32 PM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Paradise Theater Jump!

    Jeff Scott

    Ghost Light

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    5:16
  • 4:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Four Thoughts on Marvin Gaye

    Don Byron

    Heavy

    Ethel

    11:02
  • 4:12 PM

    Soul Force

    Jessie Montgomery

    ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    8:31
  • 4:08 PM

    Ye, Who Seek the Truth

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    4:15
  • 3:44 PM

    Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer"

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Summerland: Music for Piano and Cello by Composers of African Descent

    Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello

    12:42
  • 3:35 PM

    Song of Hope

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Choral Works

    Malmo Opera Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    Sara Swietlicki, soprano

    9:30
  • 3:15 PM

    Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    19:51
  • 3:08 PM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 3:05 PM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace

    Traditional

    Sacred Journey

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    3:20
  • 2:59 PM

    Serenade

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 2:56 PM

    I Dream a World

    Rosephanye Powell

    My God is a Rock

    Winston-Salem State University Choir

    D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor

    2:46
  • 2:46 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Walker: Lyric for Strings, Folksongs for Orchestra, Lilacs - Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Asher Fisch, conductor

    10:37
  • 2:33 PM

    Joy Boy

    Julius Eastman

    Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy

    Wild Up

    10:00
  • 2:31 PM

    Ode to Joyful

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    2:04
  • 2:11 PM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    American Mirror

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    19:10
  • 2:08 PM

    If I Were Bird

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    2:51
  • 2:01 PM

    Changes

    Andre Myers

    Convergence

    Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Sewell, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:54 PM

    Dance of the Night Sky

    Shirley Thompson

    Dance of the Night Sky

    Black Oak Ensemble

    7:12
  • 1:43 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    African American Voices

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    10:49
  • 1:25 PM

    I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes

    Adolphus Hailstork

    I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes

    William Jewell College Concert Choir

    Anthony J. Maglione, conductor

    Morgan Allen, soprano

    18:36
  • 1:15 PM

    Pieta

    Ulysses Kay

    Copland: The Tender Land Suite; Creston: Saxophone Concerto; Kay: Pieta; Piston: The Incredible Flutist Suite

    National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Anna Mattix, English horn

    8:40
  • 1:06 PM

    Myself when I am real

    Charles Mingus

    Ellis Island

    Julia Hamos, piano

    9:10
  • 1:04 PM

    In Color Suite: Poet

    Jessie Montgomery

    Standard Stoppages

    Third Coast Percussion

    2:33
  • 12:46 PM

    Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    Gregory Walker, violin

    17:50
  • 12:42 PM

    Supplication and Compensation

    Joel Thompson

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:54
  • 12:35 PM

    The Block

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:31 PM

    Habari Gani!

    Quenton Blache

    American Mirror

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    3:36
  • 12:28 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 12:18 PM

    Three Songs for America

    David Amram

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    James Courtney, bass

    10:24
  • 12:07 PM

    Of Our New Day Begun

    Omar Thomas

    Poeme

    Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony

    Stephen Meyer, conductor

    10:07
  • 12:06 PM

    Introit

    Jonathan Bailey Holland

    A Century of New Sounds

    Dasara Beta, trumpet

    1:56
  • 12:02 PM

    Beatitudes

    Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    3:38
  • 11:50 AM

    Pastorela

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    11:55
  • 11:46 AM

    Peace

    Jasmine Barnes

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:15
  • 11:39 AM

    A Ballet Through Mud: The Night Dances When You Least Expect It

    RZA

    A Ballet Through Mud

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Christopher Dragon, conductor

    7:16
  • 11:26 AM

    Pulse

    Brian Raphael Nabors

    Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Kensho Watanabe, conductor

    12:24
  • 11:22 AM

    A Change Is Gonna Come

    Sam Cooke

    New Day Begun

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:53
  • 11:13 AM

    Banner

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    Catalyst Quartet

    Julian Wachner, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Be Still

    Daniel Kidane

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    Beibei Wang, crotales

    6:31
  • 10:58 AM

    Winter Idyl

    Florence Price

    Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price

    Karen Slack, soprano

    3:10
  • 10:51 AM

    Ekah

    James Lee III

    20 for 2020 Volume 1

    Inbal Segev, cello

    7:19
  • 10:33 AM

    Piano Poems: Beatitudes

    Regina Harris Baiocchi

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    2:18
  • 10:28 AM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:19 AM

    Middleground

    Shelley Washington

    Freedom and Faith

    PUBLIQuartet

    9:16
  • 10:11 AM

    Symphony in One Movement

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    7:55
  • 10:07 AM

    Lead, Kindly Light

    Hymn

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    St. Thomas Church Choir

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    3:46
  • 9:52 AM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14
  • 9:25 AM

    Callaloo

    Stewart Goodyear

    Gershwin; Goodyear

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    26:57
  • 9:20 AM

    Dam Mwen Yo

    Nathalie Joachim

    Forward Music Project, Vol. 1

    Nathalie Joachim, vocals

    5:26
  • 9:14 AM

    Homeland

    Allison Loggins-Hull

    Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time

    Jennifer Grim, flute

    5:48
  • 9:11 AM

    Soweto No. 3

    Undine Smith Moore

    Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora

    Castle of our Skins

    Samantha Ege, piano

    3:04
  • 9:05 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:22
  • 8:35 AM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Still: Symphony No. 1/Ellington: River Suite

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:48
  • 8:32 AM

    Deep River

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    River of Music

    The Kanneh-Masons

    2:43
  • 8:19 AM

    Time Past, Time Future

    Alvin Singleton

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:29
  • 8:16 AM

    Hear My Prayer

    Moses Hogan

    My God is a Rock

    Winston-Salem State University Choir

    D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor

    2:57
  • 8:01 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 7:58 AM

    Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale

    Samuel Akpabot

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    3:30
  • 7:54 AM

    Good-night

    Will Liverman/Lady Jess

    Good-night (single)

    Will Liverman, baritone

    3:34
  • 7:49 AM

    Chorale

    Errollyn Wallen

    Timelapse

    Orchestra of the Swan

    5:00
  • 7:40 AM

    Unrest

    Brandee Younger

    Unrest

    Brandee Younger, harp

    9:20
  • 7:35 AM

    brea(d)th: breath

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: brea(d)th

    Jonathan Taylor Rush, conductor

    Mark Bamuthi Joseph, spoken word

    4:51
  • 7:30 AM

    An Andante

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 7:27 AM

    There is a Balm in Gilead

    Spiritual

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    Rust College Choir

    Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    3:40
  • 7:23 AM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:45
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:49
  • 7:01 AM

    Impossible is Possible

    Black Violin

    Take the Stairs

    Black Violin

    4:27
  • 6:53 AM

    Drill

    Curtis Stewart

    American Mirror

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Josh Jones, percussion

    8:18
  • 6:48 AM

    Mangas

    Curtis Stewart/Elektra Stewart

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    4:57
  • 6:30 AM

    Concerto Jazz a Mine

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Leslie Stifelman, piano

    17:22
  • 6:25 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Danza

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:51
  • 6:19 AM

    Oloba

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint LfOuverture ? Ballade Op. 4 ? Suites from g24 Negro Melodiesh

    National Philharmonic

    Michael Repper, conductor

    5:40
  • 6:04 AM

    A Sable Jubilee

    Jasmine Barnes

    Show Me The Way

    Will Liverman, baritone

    15:13
  • 6:01 AM

    Plenty Good Room

    Spiritual

    Studio Recording

    Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet

    2:01
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