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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

2:22 PM
Violin Concerto
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
Curtis Stewart, violin
22:58
2:14 PM
Haitian Fight Song
Charles Mingus
Meeting of the Spirits
UCCELLO
Matt Haimovitz, cello
7:52
2:13 PM
I Gotta Move When the Spirit Say Move
Spiritual
Good News: African American Spirituals and Art Songs
Othello Jefferson, tenor
1:27
2:01 PM
Concert Overture No. 1
Florence Price
Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2
Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
John Jeter, conductor
11:39
1:57 PM
Celebration!
Adolphus Hailstork
Black Composers Series 1974-1978
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
3:19
1:45 PM
Pulse
Brian Raphael Nabors
Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording
Minnesota Orchestra
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
12:24
1:35 PM
Joy Boy
Julius Eastman
Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
Wild Up
10:00
1:29 PM
Warmth from Other Suns: Rays of Light
Carlos Simon
Light: Migration Music Part 1
Ivalas Quartet
5:34
1:27 PM
Spin
Don Byron
A Ballad for Many
Bang on a Can All-Stars
1:35
1:16 PM
Coincident Dances
Jessie Montgomery
Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers
Chicago Sinfonietta
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
11:42
1:06 PM
Carry That Sound
Julian Joseph
Spark Catchers
Chineke! Orchestra
Wayne Marshall, conductor
9:29
1:03 PM
When We Sing
Rosephanye Powell
Alone Together
Cantus
3:20
12:54 PM
Pieta
Ulysses Kay
Light in a Time of Darkness
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Anna Mattix, English horn
8:14
12:44 PM
Unrest
Brandee Younger
Unrest
Brandee Younger, harp
9:20
12:16 PM
My People
Joel Thompson
Rising
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
3:21
12:04 PM
Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night
William Dawson
Walker: Lyric for Strings, Folksongs for Orchestra, Lilacs - Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
Seattle Symphony
Roderick Cox, conductor
11:35
11:49 AM
the promise of the far horizon
Jeffrey Mumford
jeffrey mumford: the promise of the far horizon
Corigliano Quartet
15:12
11:41 AM
Epitaph (To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Adolphus Hailstork
African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II
Chicago Sinfonietta
Paul Freeman, conductor
7:38
11:36 AM
Peace
Jessie Montgomery
Here With You
Anthony McGill, clarinet
4:39
11:12 AM
New Morning for the World
Joseph Schwantner
Oregon Symphony
James DePreist, conductor
Raymond Bazemore, bass
23:28
11:08 AM
Requiem for the Enslaved: gloria
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved
Hub New Music
3:14
10:53 AM
Umoja: Anthem of Unity
Valerie Coleman
ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA
New York Youth Symphony
Michael Repper, conductor
13:25
10:41 AM
Flute Sonata
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Amplify: Changing America's Playlist (Rii Vol. 1)
Adam Eccleston, flute
12:19
10:29 AM
Hymn for Everyone
Jessie Montgomery
Contemporary American Composers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:19
10:26 AM
Music of Life
Spiritual
Studio Recording
Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet
2:26
10:14 AM
Piece for String Orchestra
Billy Childs
Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers
VocalEssence Orchestra
Philip Brunelle, conductor
12:56
10:09 AM
5th Symphony in Congo Square
Jon Batiste
Beethoven Blues
Jon Batiste, piano
4:24
10:00 AM
Chicago
Edmond Dede
DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque
Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, conductor
8:35
9:44 AM
Violin Concerto No. 2
Florence Price
Max Bruch, Florence Price: Violin Concertos
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
15:54
9:38 AM
String Quartet No. 1 "Neo-Soul": Bop
Damien Geter
Elevate: All Classical Radio's RII Vol. 2
Ines Voglar Belgique, violin
5:23
9:24 AM
Harlem for Jazz Band and Orchestra
Duke Ellington
American Classics
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
14:35
9:20 AM
Nitelife
Mary Lou Williams
Soulscapes II
Maria Corley, piano
3:13
9:15 AM
Homage to Paradise Valley: Paradise Theater Jump!
Jeff Scott
Ghost Light
Akropolis Reed Quintet
5:16
9:10 AM
A Prayer
Ken Burton
Solace
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Thomas Allen, countertenor
5:13
8:56 AM
Viola Sonata
George Walker
Permutations
Eliesha Nelson, viola
14:17
8:52 AM
Loop
Carlos Simon
Together
Carlos Simon Collective
3:28
8:41 AM
The Need to Be
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
etudes4violin&electronix
Daniel Bernard Roumain, violin
10:23
8:37 AM
Eternal Present: Now
Shelley Washington
KINDS OF ~NOIS
~nois
4:31
8:18 AM
On the Chequer'd Field Array'd: Middlegame
Hannah Kendall
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"
Sarah Cahill, piano
5:21
8:11 AM
Ascension
Ahmed Alabaca
Prisma Vol. 3
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Kruzik, conductor
Karel Dohnal, clarinet
7:49
7:57 AM
American Mirror, Pt. II
Derrick Skye
American Mirrors
Salastina Music Society
12:59
7:39 AM
Concerto for Orchestra
Ulysses Kay
African American Voices II
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Kellen Grey, conductor
18:07
7:34 AM
Sweet Memories of Thee
Justin Holland
Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements
Christopher Mallett, guitar
5:10
7:22 AM
Lilacs
George Walker
Walker: Lyric for Strings, Folksongs for Orchestra, Lilacs - Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
Seattle Symphony
Asher Fisch, conductor
Nicole Cabell, soprano
11:58
7:19 AM
Piano Poems: Beatitudes
Regina Harris Baiocchi
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"
Sarah Cahill, piano
2:18
7:14 AM
A Ballet Through Mud: Moving Meditation
RZA
A Ballet Through Mud
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Dragon, conductor
5:13
7:10 AM
The Lily of the Valley
Spiritual
American Spiritual Ensemble
Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor
3:43
7:02 AM
Symphony in One Movement
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
7:55
6:48 AM
Terra Incognita
Wayne Shorter
Imani Winds
14:14
6:25 AM
Tales - A Folklore Symphony
Carlos Simon
Tales?A Folklore Symphony
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
22:21
6:24 AM
Invocation
Abel Selaocoe
Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)
Abel Selaocoe, cello
:46
6:21 AM
Summerland
William Grant Still
William Grant Still: Summerland
Alexa Still, flute
3:28
6:06 AM
Sinfonia No. 5 "Visions"
George Walker
ANTIFONYS, LILACS, SINFONIAS NOS 4 & 5
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
14:38