Poster Black History Month stream
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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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Wednesday
  • 12:29 PM

    city beautiful

    Shawn E. Okpebholo

    Trios from Contemporary Chicago

    Lincoln Trio

    11:21
  • 12:18 PM

    Tracing Visions

    Valerie Coleman

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    11:04
  • 12:16 PM

    Yemaya

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    1:19
  • 12:00 PM

    Wood Notes

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 11:42 AM

    Love

    Abel Selaocoe

    Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

    Abel Selaocoe, cello

    4:22
  • 11:37 AM

    Dzoka Kumba (Come Back Home)

    Musekiwa Chingodza

    Standard Stoppages

    Third Coast Percussion

    5:46
  • 11:24 AM

    Mighty Mandela

    Shirley Thompson

    Distant Voices, New Worlds

    New Music Players

    8:08
  • 11:17 AM

    Three Black Kings: Martin Luther King

    Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige Suite

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:14 AM

    Scenes from the Life of a Martyr: Whenever a People is Oppressed They Wait in Hope

    Undine Smith Moore

    BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL

    EXIGENCE

    Diane Retallack, conductor

    Elaine Alvarez, soprano

    2:28
  • 11:03 AM

    Tourbillon

    Daniel Kidane

    UK DK

    Michala Petri, recorder

    10:55
  • 10:52 AM

    The Green Fuse

    James Wilson

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    10:58
  • 10:48 AM

    Sending You Light

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    4:02
  • 10:34 AM

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Derrick Skye

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Bridge to Everywhere

    14:07
  • 10:25 AM

    Songs of the Seasons

    Margaret Bonds

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    9:27
  • 10:16 AM

    Again

    Curtis Stewart

    Seasons of Change

    Curtis Stewart, violin

    8:01
  • 10:00 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    15:53
  • 9:58 AM

    Rock My Soul

    Spiritual

    Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)

    Fairfield Four

    2:21
  • 9:42 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    15:23
  • 9:29 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 9:25 AM

    Valse Caprice

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:18 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 9:13 AM

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis, piano

    4:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Blues Symphony: Dialogue in Democracy

    Wynton Marsalis

    Marsalis: Blues Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Jader Bignamini, conductor

    6:23
  • 8:59 AM

    Ghetto Strings: Motor City

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    Thrum

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    6:49
  • 8:54 AM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Paradise Theater Jump!

    Jeff Scott

    Ghost Light

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    5:16
  • 8:43 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Four Thoughts on Marvin Gaye

    Don Byron

    Heavy

    Ethel

    11:02
  • 8:34 AM

    Soul Force

    Jessie Montgomery

    ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    8:31
  • 8:30 AM

    Ye, Who Seek the Truth

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    4:15
  • 8:06 AM

    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
  • 7:57 AM

    Song of Hope

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Choral Works

    Malmo Opera Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    Sara Swietlicki, soprano

    9:30
  • 7:36 AM

    Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    19:51
  • 7:30 AM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 7:27 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace

    Traditional

    Sacred Journey

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    3:20
  • 7:21 AM

    Serenade

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 7:18 AM

    I Dream a World

    Rosephanye Powell

    My God is a Rock

    Winston-Salem State University Choir

    D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor

    2:46
  • 7:08 AM

    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
  • 6:55 AM

    Joy Boy

    Julius Eastman

    Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy

    Wild Up

    10:00
  • 6:53 AM

    Ode to Joyful

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    2:04
  • 6:33 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    American Mirror

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    19:10
  • 6:30 AM

    If I Were Bird

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    2:51
  • 6:23 AM

    Changes

    Andre Myers

    Convergence

    Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Sewell, conductor

    6:34
  • 6:16 AM

    Dance of the Night Sky

    Shirley Thompson

    Dance of the Night Sky

    Black Oak Ensemble

    7:12
  • 6:05 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    African American Voices

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    10:49
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