Curated Streams

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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Friday

10:05 AM
Ghetto Strings: Motor City
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Thrum
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
6:49
9:59 AM
Homage to Paradise Valley: Paradise Theater Jump!
Jeff Scott
Ghost Light
Akropolis Reed Quintet
5:16
9:48 AM
String Quartet No. 2: Four Thoughts on Marvin Gaye
Don Byron
Heavy
Ethel
11:02
9:40 AM
Soul Force
Jessie Montgomery
ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA
New York Youth Symphony
Michael Repper, conductor
8:31
9:35 AM
Ye, Who Seek the Truth
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
4:15
9:12 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
9:02 AM
Song of Hope
Florence Price
Florence Price: Choral Works
Malmo Opera Orchestra
John Jeter, conductor
Sara Swietlicki, soprano
9:30
8:42 AM
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
19:51
8:36 AM
Prayer
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
New Day Begun
PUBLIQuartet
6:07
8:32 AM
We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace
Traditional
Sacred Journey
Fisk Jubilee Singers
3:20
8:26 AM
Serenade
William Grant Still
Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Avlana Eisenberg, conductor
5:58
8:24 AM
I Dream a World
Rosephanye Powell
My God is a Rock
Winston-Salem State University Choir
D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor
2:46
8:13 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
8:00 AM
Joy Boy
Julius Eastman
Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
Wild Up
10:00
7:58 AM
Ode to Joyful
Jon Batiste
Beethoven Blues
Jon Batiste, piano
2:04
7:38 AM
Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
American Mirror
Sphinx Virtuosi
19:10
7:35 AM
If I Were Bird
Melanie DeMore
How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Melanie DeMore, vocals
2:51
7:28 AM
Changes
Andre Myers
Convergence
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Sewell, conductor
6:34
7:21 AM
Dance of the Night Sky
Shirley Thompson
Dance of the Night Sky
Black Oak Ensemble
7:12
7:10 AM
Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night
William Dawson
African American Voices
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Kellen Gray, conductor
10:49
6:52 AM
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
6:43 AM
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
6:34 AM
Myself when I am real
Charles Mingus
Ellis Island
Julia Hamos, piano
9:10
6:31 AM
In Color Suite: Poet
Jessie Montgomery
Standard Stoppages
Third Coast Percussion
2:33
6:13 AM
Poeme for Violin and Orchestra
George Walker
George Walker: Orchestral Works
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Edwin London, conductor
Gregory Walker, violin
17:50
6:09 AM
Supplication and Compensation
Joel Thompson
Rising
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
3:54
6:02 AM
The Block
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
6:26