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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

10:07 PM
Steal Away
Traditional
Imani Winds: The Classical Underground
Imani Winds
6:29
9:50 PM
Dam Mwen Yo
Nathalie Joachim
Forward Music Project, Vol. 1
Nathalie Joachim, vocals
5:26
9:49 PM
Lullaby
Isak Roux
Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora
William Chapman Nyaho, piano
1:34
9:41 PM
African Suite: Joyful Day
Fela Sowande
Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
7:49
9:36 PM
Radiant Pinnacle
William Grant Still
Black Diamonds: Althea Waites Plays Music by African-American Composers
Althea Waites, piano
4:15
9:14 PM
Violin Concerto
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
Curtis Stewart, violin
22:58
9:05 PM
Haitian Fight Song
Charles Mingus
Meeting of the Spirits
UCCELLO
Matt Haimovitz, cello
7:52
9:04 PM
I Gotta Move When the Spirit Say Move
Spiritual
Good News: African American Spirituals and Art Songs
Othello Jefferson, tenor
1:27
8:52 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
8:49 PM
Celebration!
Adolphus Hailstork
Black Composers Series 1974-1978
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
3:19
8:36 PM
Pulse
Brian Raphael Nabors
Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording
Minnesota Orchestra
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
12:24
8:26 PM
Joy Boy
Julius Eastman
Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
Wild Up
10:00
8:20 PM
Warmth from Other Suns: Rays of Light
Carlos Simon
Light: Migration Music Part 1
Ivalas Quartet
5:34
8:19 PM
Spin
Don Byron
A Ballad for Many
Bang on a Can All-Stars
1:35
8:07 PM
Coincident Dances
Jessie Montgomery
Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers
Chicago Sinfonietta
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
11:42
7:57 PM
Carry That Sound
Julian Joseph
Spark Catchers
Chineke! Orchestra
Wayne Marshall, conductor
9:29
7:54 PM
When We Sing
Rosephanye Powell
Alone Together
Cantus
3:20
7:45 PM
Pieta
Ulysses Kay
Light in a Time of Darkness
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Anna Mattix, English horn
8:14
7:35 PM
Unrest
Brandee Younger
Unrest
Brandee Younger, harp
9:20
7:07 PM
My People
Joel Thompson
Rising
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
3:21
6:55 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
6:40 PM
the promise of the far horizon
Jeffrey Mumford
jeffrey mumford: the promise of the far horizon
Corigliano Quartet
15:12
6:32 PM
Epitaph (To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Adolphus Hailstork
African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II
Chicago Sinfonietta
Paul Freeman, conductor
7:38
6:27 PM
Peace
Jessie Montgomery
Here With You
Anthony McGill, clarinet
4:39
6:03 PM
New Morning for the World
Joseph Schwantner
Oregon Symphony
James DePreist, conductor
Raymond Bazemore, bass
23:28
6:00 PM
Requiem for the Enslaved: gloria
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved
Hub New Music
3:14
5:45 PM
Umoja: Anthem of Unity
Valerie Coleman
ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA
New York Youth Symphony
Michael Repper, conductor
13:25
5:32 PM
Flute Sonata
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Amplify: Changing America's Playlist (Rii Vol. 1)
Adam Eccleston, flute
12:19
5:20 PM
Hymn for Everyone
Jessie Montgomery
Contemporary American Composers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:19
5:18 PM
Music of Life
Spiritual
Studio Recording
Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet
2:26
5:05 PM
Piece for String Orchestra
Billy Childs
Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers
VocalEssence Orchestra
Philip Brunelle, conductor
12:56
5:00 PM
5th Symphony in Congo Square
Jon Batiste
Beethoven Blues
Jon Batiste, piano
4:24
4:52 PM
Chicago
Edmond Dede
DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque
Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, conductor
8:35
4:36 PM
Violin Concerto No. 2
Florence Price
Max Bruch, Florence Price: Violin Concertos
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
15:54
4:30 PM
String Quartet No. 1 "Neo-Soul": Bop
Damien Geter
Elevate: All Classical Radio's RII Vol. 2
Ines Voglar Belgique, violin
5:23
4:15 PM
Harlem for Jazz Band and Orchestra
Duke Ellington
American Classics
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
14:35
4:12 PM
Nitelife
Mary Lou Williams
Soulscapes II
Maria Corley, piano
3:13
4:06 PM
Homage to Paradise Valley: Paradise Theater Jump!
Jeff Scott
Ghost Light
Akropolis Reed Quintet
5:16
4:01 PM
A Prayer
Ken Burton
Solace
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Thomas Allen, countertenor
5:13
3:47 PM
Viola Sonata
George Walker
Permutations
Eliesha Nelson, viola
14:17
3:43 PM
Loop
Carlos Simon
Together
Carlos Simon Collective
3:28
3:33 PM
The Need to Be
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
etudes4violin&electronix
Daniel Bernard Roumain, violin
10:23
3:28 PM
Eternal Present: Now
Shelley Washington
KINDS OF ~NOIS
~nois
4:31
3:10 PM
On the Chequer'd Field Array'd: Middlegame
Hannah Kendall
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"
Sarah Cahill, piano
5:21
3:02 PM
Ascension
Ahmed Alabaca
Prisma Vol. 3
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Kruzik, conductor
Karel Dohnal, clarinet
7:49
2:48 PM
American Mirror, Pt. II
Derrick Skye
American Mirrors
Salastina Music Society
12:59
2:30 PM
Concerto for Orchestra
Ulysses Kay
African American Voices II
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Kellen Grey, conductor
18:07
2:25 PM
Sweet Memories of Thee
Justin Holland
Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements
Christopher Mallett, guitar
5:10
2:13 PM
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
2:11 PM
Piano Poems: Beatitudes
Regina Harris Baiocchi
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"
Sarah Cahill, piano
2:18
2:05 PM
A Ballet Through Mud: Moving Meditation
RZA
A Ballet Through Mud
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Dragon, conductor
5:13
2:01 PM
The Lily of the Valley
Spiritual
American Spiritual Ensemble
Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor
3:43
1:53 PM
Symphony in One Movement
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
7:55
1:39 PM
Terra Incognita
Wayne Shorter
Imani Winds
14:14
1:16 PM
Tales - A Folklore Symphony
Carlos Simon
Tales?A Folklore Symphony
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
22:21
1:15 PM
Invocation
Abel Selaocoe
Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)
Abel Selaocoe, cello
:46
1:12 PM
Summerland
William Grant Still
William Grant Still: Summerland
Alexa Still, flute
3:28
12:57 PM
Sinfonia No. 5 "Visions"
George Walker
ANTIFONYS, LILACS, SINFONIAS NOS 4 & 5
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
14:38
12:45 PM
Wish Sonatine
Valerie Coleman
Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time
Jennifer Grim, flute
12:05
12:22 PM
Spiritual Fantasy
Frederick C. Tillis
Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora
Castle of our Skins
Samantha Ege, piano
23:11
12:18 PM
Let Us Break Bread Together
Spiritual
Black Composers Series 1974-1978
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
William Brown, tenor
3:11
12:10 PM
Global Warming
Michael Abels
Songs for Our Times
Sphinx Virtuosi
8:31
12:04 PM
The Never-Ending Ocean of Identity
Quinn Mason
Settle: Migration Music Part 3
Lara Downes, piano
3:39
11:53 AM
Swing Symphony: All-American Pep
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor
10:43
11:29 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1
Adolphus Hailstork
Elfman: Violin Concerto, 'Eleven Eleven' - Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
23:34
11:22 AM
Black Ocean: Anthems of a Crowd 7
Derrick Skye
House of Belonging
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
6:32
11:21 AM
Art/Nat
Darian Donovan Thomas
Alone Together
Jennifer Koh, violin
1:03
11:18 AM
My God Is So High (You Must Come in by the Lamb)
Spiritual
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Fisk Jubilee Singers
3:07
11:05 AM
Suite for Violin and Piano
William Grant Still
Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
12:51
10:51 AM
56 Blows (Quis Custodiet Custodes?)
Alvin Singleton
Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording
Minnesota Orchestra
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
13:08
10:34 AM
String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Uncovered, Volume 3
Catalyst Quartet
16:49
10:10 AM
The Chariot Jubilee
Nathaniel Dett
The Aeolians
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
13:59
10:05 AM
The Color Purple: Main Theme
Quincy Jones
Cinema Serenade
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:30
10:02 AM
Weeping Willow
Scott Joplin
Marcus Eley, clarinet
2:49
9:47 AM
Lyric Quartet
William Grant Still
Uncovered, Volume 3
Catalyst Quartet
15:14
9:33 AM
Delights and Dances
Michael Abels
Chicago Sinfonietta
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
13:03
9:27 AM
Sinfonietta No. 1
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Live in Concert
Sphinx Virtuosi
Damon Gupton, conductor
6:34
9:23 AM
Dusklight Movement
Jon Batiste
Beethoven Blues
Jon Batiste, piano
4:16
8:59 AM
Credo
Margaret Bonds
Margaret Bonds: Credo; Simon Bore the Cross
Dessoff Choirs
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Janinah Burnett, soprano
23:29
8:54 AM
Between Worlds
Carlos Simon
Together
Seth Parker Woods, cello
4:24
8:42 AM
Time Past, Time Future
Alvin Singleton
Stillpoint
A Far Cry Orchestra
Awadagin Pratt, piano
12:29
8:35 AM
Be Still
Daniel Kidane
Through the Night
United Strings of Europe
Julian Azkoul, conductor
Beibei Wang, crotales
6:31
8:30 AM
Clouds
Florence Price
Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries
Lara Downes, piano
4:58
8:12 AM
Halcyon Sun
Jonathan Bailey Holland
American Portraits
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
17:22
8:05 AM
Take Me To The Water
Traditional
Ashley Jackson
Known MPLS
Courtland Pickens, conductor
Ashley Jackson, harp
7:00
7:57 AM
Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
Billy Childs
Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
7:46
7:39 AM
Amazing Grace
H. Leslie Adams
Dreams of a New Day
Will Liverman, baritone
3:20
7:33 AM
An Elegy (A Cry from the Grave)
Carlos Simon
My Ancestor's Gift
Teagan Faran, violin
5:20
7:28 AM
The Bells
Margaret Bonds
Black Renaissance Woman
Samantha Ege, piano
4:57
7:25 AM
Free at Last
Traditional
Free At Last
Harlem Spiritual Ensemble
2:30
7:18 AM
Brother Malcolm...
Jean "Rudy" Perrault
Tanbou Kache
Diana Golden, cello
7:45
6:58 AM
Three Black Kings
Duke Ellington
American Composers Orchestra
Maurice Peress, conductor
Jimmy Heath, tenor and soprano saxophones
19:13
6:40 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
6:36 AM
Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee
Justin Holland
Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements
Christopher Mallett, guitar
4:05
6:20 AM
Grass
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration
Chicago Sinfonietta
Paul Freeman, conductor
16:09
6:03 AM
Songs of the Oak
Florence Price
Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2
Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
John Jeter, conductor
16:20