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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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Thursday

3:51 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
3:38 PM
Joy Boy
Julius Eastman
Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
Wild Up
10:00
3:36 PM
Ode to Joyful
Jon Batiste
Beethoven Blues
Jon Batiste, piano
2:04
3:17 PM
Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
American Mirror
Sphinx Virtuosi
19:10
3:13 PM
If I Were Bird
Melanie DeMore
How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Melanie DeMore, vocals
2:51
3:07 PM
Changes
Andre Myers
Convergence
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Sewell, conductor
6:34
2:59 PM
Dance of the Night Sky
Shirley Thompson
Dance of the Night Sky
Black Oak Ensemble
7:12
2:49 PM
Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night
William Dawson
African American Voices
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Kellen Gray, conductor
10:49
2:30 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
2:21 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
2:12 PM
Myself when I am real
Charles Mingus
Ellis Island
Julia Hamos, piano
9:10
2:09 PM
In Color Suite: Poet
Jessie Montgomery
Standard Stoppages
Third Coast Percussion
2:33
1:51 PM
Poeme for Violin and Orchestra
George Walker
George Walker: Orchestral Works
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Edwin London, conductor
Gregory Walker, violin
17:50
1:47 PM
Supplication and Compensation
Joel Thompson
Rising
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
3:54
1:40 PM
The Block
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
6:26
1:37 PM
Habari Gani!
Quenton Blache
American Mirror
Sphinx Virtuosi
3:36
1:34 PM
Umoja (Unity)
Valerie Coleman
Imani Winds
Imani Winds
2:49
1:23 PM
Three Songs for America
David Amram
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
James Courtney, bass
10:24
1:13 PM
Of Our New Day Begun
Omar Thomas
Poeme
Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony
Stephen Meyer, conductor
10:07
1:11 PM
Introit
Jonathan Bailey Holland
A Century of New Sounds
Dasara Beta, trumpet
1:56
1:07 PM
Beatitudes
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Selections 1976-1988
Sweet Honey in the Rock
3:38
12:55 PM
Pastorela
William Grant Still
Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Avlana Eisenberg, conductor
Zina Schiff, violin
11:55
12:52 PM
Peace
Jasmine Barnes
Rising
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
3:15
12:44 PM
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
12:31 PM
Pulse
Brian Raphael Nabors
Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording
Minnesota Orchestra
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
12:24
12:28 PM
A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke
New Day Begun
Lara Downes, piano
3:53
12:18 PM
Banner
Jessie Montgomery
Strum: Music for Strings
Catalyst Quartet
Julian Wachner, conductor
9:02
12:07 PM
Be Still
Daniel Kidane
Through the Night
United Strings of Europe
Julian Azkoul, conductor
Beibei Wang, crotales
6:31
12:04 PM
Winter Idyl
Florence Price
Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price
Karen Slack, soprano
3:10
11:56 AM
Ekah
James Lee III
20 for 2020 Volume 1
Inbal Segev, cello
7:19
11:39 AM
Piano Poems: Beatitudes
Regina Harris Baiocchi
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"
Sarah Cahill, piano
2:18
11:33 AM
My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
The Aeolians
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
5:29
11:24 AM
Middleground
Shelley Washington
Freedom and Faith
PUBLIQuartet
9:16
11:16 AM
Symphony in One Movement
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
7:55
11:12 AM
Lead, Kindly Light
Hymn
The Essential Leontyne Price
St. Thomas Church Choir
Leontyne Price, soprano
3:46
10:58 AM
Terra Incognita
Wayne Shorter
Imani Winds
14:14
10:31 AM
Callaloo
Stewart Goodyear
Gershwin; Goodyear
Chineke! Orchestra
Wayne Marshall, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
26:57
10:25 AM
Dam Mwen Yo
Nathalie Joachim
Forward Music Project, Vol. 1
Nathalie Joachim, vocals
5:26
10:19 AM
Homeland
Allison Loggins-Hull
Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time
Jennifer Grim, flute
5:48
10:16 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
10:11 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
9:40 AM
The River Suite
Duke Ellington
Still: Symphony No. 1/Ellington: River Suite
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
26:48
9:37 AM
Deep River
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
River of Music
The Kanneh-Masons
2:43
9:25 AM
Time Past, Time Future
Alvin Singleton
Stillpoint
A Far Cry Orchestra
Awadagin Pratt, piano
12:29
9:22 AM
Hear My Prayer
Moses Hogan
My God is a Rock
Winston-Salem State University Choir
D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor
2:57
9:07 AM
African Suite
Fela Sowande
Black Composers Series 1974-1978
London Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
14:44
9:03 AM
Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale
Samuel Akpabot
Marcus Eley, clarinet
3:30
9:00 AM
Good-night
Will Liverman/Lady Jess
Good-night (single)
Will Liverman, baritone
3:34
8:54 AM
Chorale
Errollyn Wallen
Timelapse
Orchestra of the Swan
5:00
8:45 AM
Unrest
Brandee Younger
Unrest
Brandee Younger, harp
9:20
8:40 AM
brea(d)th: breath
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: brea(d)th
Jonathan Taylor Rush, conductor
Mark Bamuthi Joseph, spoken word
4:51
8:36 AM
An Andante
Justin Holland
Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements
Christopher Mallett, guitar
4:05
8:32 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
8:28 AM
Peace of Mind
Hazel Scott
Phenomenal Women
Lara Downes, piano
3:45
8:12 AM
String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Uncovered, Volume 3
Catalyst Quartet
16:49
8:07 AM
Impossible is Possible
Black Violin
Take the Stairs
Black Violin
4:27
7:59 AM
Drill
Curtis Stewart
American Mirror
Sphinx Virtuosi
Josh Jones, percussion
8:18
7:53 AM
Mangas
Curtis Stewart/Elektra Stewart
Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom
Sybarite5
4:57
7:36 AM
Concerto Jazz a Mine
James Price Johnson
Concordia
Marin Alsop, conductor
Leslie Stifelman, piano
17:22
7:30 AM
Afro-Cuban Concerto: Danza
Valerie Coleman
Imani Winds: The Classical Underground
Imani Winds
5:51
7:24 AM
Oloba
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint LfOuverture ? Ballade Op. 4 ? Suites from g24 Negro Melodiesh
National Philharmonic
Michael Repper, conductor
5:40
7:09 AM
A Sable Jubilee
Jasmine Barnes
Show Me The Way
Will Liverman, baritone
15:13
7:07 AM
Plenty Good Room
Spiritual
Studio Recording
Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet
2:01
6:43 AM
Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"
William Grant Still
Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes
Fort Smith Symphony
John Jeter, conductor
17:48
6:38 AM
Shine On Me
Melanie DeMore
How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Melanie DeMore, vocals
4:31
6:31 AM
The Worship Medley
Medley
RISE
String Queens
7:11
6:17 AM
Amen!
Carlos Simon
Hope
North Texas Wind Symphony
Eugene Corporon, conductor
13:24
6:12 AM
Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow: The Resolve
Damien Geter
Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow
Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
4:42