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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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  • 7:25 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
  • 7:09 PM

    the promise of the far horizon

    Jeffrey Mumford

    jeffrey mumford: the promise of the far horizon

    Corigliano Quartet

    15:12
  • 7:02 PM

    Epitaph (To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

    Adolphus Hailstork

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 6:56 PM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 6:33 PM

    New Morning for the World

    Joseph Schwantner

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    Raymond Bazemore, bass

    23:28
  • 6:29 PM

    Requiem for the Enslaved: gloria

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved

    Hub New Music

    3:14
  • 6:14 PM

    Umoja: Anthem of Unity

    Valerie Coleman

    ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    13:25
  • 6:01 PM

    Flute Sonata

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Amplify: Changing America's Playlist (Rii Vol. 1)

    Adam Eccleston, flute

    12:19
  • 5:50 PM

    Hymn for Everyone

    Jessie Montgomery

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:19
  • 5:47 PM

    Music of Life

    Spiritual

    Studio Recording

    Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet

    2:26
  • 5:34 PM

    Piece for String Orchestra

    Billy Childs

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    12:56
  • 5:30 PM

    5th Symphony in Congo Square

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    4:24
  • 5:21 PM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:35
  • 5:05 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Florence Price

    Max Bruch, Florence Price: Violin Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    15:54
  • 4:59 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Neo-Soul": Bop

    Damien Geter

    Elevate: All Classical Radio's RII Vol. 2

    Ines Voglar Belgique, violin

    5:23
  • 4:45 PM

    Harlem for Jazz Band and Orchestra

    Duke Ellington

    American Classics

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    14:35
  • 4:41 PM

    Nitelife

    Mary Lou Williams

    Soulscapes II

    Maria Corley, piano

    3:13
  • 4:36 PM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Paradise Theater Jump!

    Jeff Scott

    Ghost Light

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    5:16
  • 4:31 PM

    A Prayer

    Ken Burton

    Solace

    Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    Thomas Allen, countertenor

    5:13
  • 4:16 PM

    Viola Sonata

    George Walker

    Permutations

    Eliesha Nelson, viola

    14:17
  • 4:13 PM

    Loop

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Carlos Simon Collective

    3:28
  • 4:02 PM

    The Need to Be

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    etudes4violin&electronix

    Daniel Bernard Roumain, violin

    10:23
  • 3:58 PM

    Eternal Present: Now

    Shelley Washington

    KINDS OF ~NOIS

    ~nois

    4:31
  • 3:39 PM

    On the Chequer'd Field Array'd: Middlegame

    Hannah Kendall

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    5:21
  • 3:31 PM

    Ascension

    Ahmed Alabaca

    Prisma Vol. 3

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Kruzik, conductor

    Karel Dohnal, clarinet

    7:49
  • 3:18 PM

    American Mirror, Pt. II

    Derrick Skye

    American Mirrors

    Salastina Music Society

    12:59
  • 3:00 PM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    18:07
  • 2:54 PM

    Sweet Memories of Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    5:10
  • 2:42 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
  • 2:40 PM

    Piano Poems: Beatitudes

    Regina Harris Baiocchi

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    2:18
  • 2:35 PM

    A Ballet Through Mud: Moving Meditation

    RZA

    A Ballet Through Mud

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Christopher Dragon, conductor

    5:13
  • 2:31 PM

    The Lily of the Valley

    Spiritual

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    3:43
  • 2:23 PM

    Symphony in One Movement

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    7:55
  • 2:09 PM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14
  • 1:46 PM

    Tales - A Folklore Symphony

    Carlos Simon

    Tales?A Folklore Symphony

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    22:21
  • 1:45 PM

    Invocation

    Abel Selaocoe

    Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

    Abel Selaocoe, cello

    :46
  • 1:42 PM

    Summerland

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: Summerland

    Alexa Still, flute

    3:28
  • 1:27 PM

    Sinfonia No. 5 "Visions"

    George Walker

    ANTIFONYS, LILACS, SINFONIAS NOS 4 & 5

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    14:38
  • 1:14 PM

    Wish Sonatine

    Valerie Coleman

    Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time

    Jennifer Grim, flute

    12:05
  • 12:51 PM

    Spiritual Fantasy

    Frederick C. Tillis

    Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora

    Castle of our Skins

    Samantha Ege, piano

    23:11
  • 12:48 PM

    Let Us Break Bread Together

    Spiritual

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    William Brown, tenor

    3:11
  • 12:39 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31
  • 12:33 PM

    The Never-Ending Ocean of Identity

    Quinn Mason

    Settle: Migration Music Part 3

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:39
  • 12:22 PM

    Swing Symphony: All-American Pep

    Wynton Marsalis

    Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    10:43
  • 11:59 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
  • 11:52 AM

    Black Ocean: Anthems of a Crowd 7

    Derrick Skye

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:32
  • 11:48 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
  • 11:34 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:51
  • 11:21 AM

    56 Blows (Quis Custodiet Custodes?)

    Alvin Singleton

    Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Kensho Watanabe, conductor

    13:08
  • 11:04 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:49
  • 10:39 AM

    The Chariot Jubilee

    Nathaniel Dett

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    13:59
  • 10:34 AM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 10:31 AM

    Weeping Willow

    Scott Joplin

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    2:49
  • 10:16 AM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    15:14
  • 10:03 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 9:56 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    6:34
  • 9:52 AM

    Dusklight Movement

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    4:16
  • 9:29 AM

    Credo

    Margaret Bonds

    Margaret Bonds: Credo; Simon Bore the Cross

    Dessoff Choirs

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

    Janinah Burnett, soprano

    23:29
  • 9:24 AM

    Between Worlds

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Seth Parker Woods, cello

    4:24
  • 9:11 AM

    Time Past, Time Future

    Alvin Singleton

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:29
  • 9:05 AM

    Be Still

    Daniel Kidane

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    Beibei Wang, crotales

    6:31
  • 9:00 AM

    Clouds

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:58
  • 8:42 AM

    Halcyon Sun

    Jonathan Bailey Holland

    American Portraits

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22
  • 8:35 AM

    Take Me To The Water

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Known MPLS

    Courtland Pickens, conductor

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    7:00
  • 8:27 AM

    Incident on Larpenteur Avenue

    Billy Childs

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:46
  • 8:08 AM

    Amazing Grace

    H. Leslie Adams

    Dreams of a New Day

    Will Liverman, baritone

    3:20
  • 8:03 AM

    An Elegy (A Cry from the Grave)

    Carlos Simon

    My Ancestor's Gift

    Teagan Faran, violin

    5:20
  • 7:58 AM

    The Bells

    Margaret Bonds

    Black Renaissance Woman

    Samantha Ege, piano

    4:57
  • 7:55 AM

    Free at Last

    Traditional

    Free At Last

    Harlem Spiritual Ensemble

    2:30
  • 7:47 AM

    Brother Malcolm...

    Jean "Rudy" Perrault

    Tanbou Kache

    Diana Golden, cello

    7:45
  • 7:28 AM

    Three Black Kings

    Duke Ellington

    American Composers Orchestra

    Maurice Peress, conductor

    Jimmy Heath, tenor and soprano saxophones

    19:13
  • 7:10 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
  • 7:05 AM

    Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 6:49 AM

    Grass

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    16:09
  • 6:32 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
  • 6:26 AM

    Steal Away

    Traditional

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    6:29
  • 6:10 AM

    Dam Mwen Yo

    Nathalie Joachim

    Forward Music Project, Vol. 1

    Nathalie Joachim, vocals

    5:26
  • 6:08 AM

    Lullaby

    Isak Roux

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:34
  • 6:00 AM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:49
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