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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

11:58 AM
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
19:51
11:52 AM
Prayer
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
New Day Begun
PUBLIQuartet
6:07
11:49 AM
We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace
Traditional
Sacred Journey
Fisk Jubilee Singers
3:20
11:43 AM
Serenade
William Grant Still
Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Avlana Eisenberg, conductor
5:58
11:40 AM
I Dream a World
Rosephanye Powell
My God is a Rock
Winston-Salem State University Choir
D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor
2:46
11:29 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
11:16 AM
Joy Boy
Julius Eastman
Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
Wild Up
10:00
11:14 AM
Ode to Joyful
Jon Batiste
Beethoven Blues
Jon Batiste, piano
2:04
10:55 AM
Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
American Mirror
Sphinx Virtuosi
19:10
10:52 AM
If I Were Bird
Melanie DeMore
How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Melanie DeMore, vocals
2:51
10:45 AM
Changes
Andre Myers
Convergence
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Sewell, conductor
6:34
10:38 AM
Dance of the Night Sky
Shirley Thompson
Dance of the Night Sky
Black Oak Ensemble
7:12
10:27 AM
Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night
William Dawson
African American Voices
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Kellen Gray, conductor
10:49
10:08 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
9:59 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
9:50 AM
Myself when I am real
Charles Mingus
Ellis Island
Julia Hamos, piano
9:10
9:47 AM
In Color Suite: Poet
Jessie Montgomery
Standard Stoppages
Third Coast Percussion
2:33
9:29 AM
Poeme for Violin and Orchestra
George Walker
George Walker: Orchestral Works
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Edwin London, conductor
Gregory Walker, violin
17:50
9:25 AM
Supplication and Compensation
Joel Thompson
Rising
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
3:54
9:18 AM
The Block
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
6:26
9:15 AM
Habari Gani!
Quenton Blache
American Mirror
Sphinx Virtuosi
3:36
9:12 AM
Umoja (Unity)
Valerie Coleman
Imani Winds
Imani Winds
2:49
9:01 AM
Three Songs for America
David Amram
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
James Courtney, bass
10:24
8:51 AM
Of Our New Day Begun
Omar Thomas
Poeme
Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony
Stephen Meyer, conductor
10:07
8:49 AM
Introit
Jonathan Bailey Holland
A Century of New Sounds
Dasara Beta, trumpet
1:56
8:45 AM
Beatitudes
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Selections 1976-1988
Sweet Honey in the Rock
3:38
8:33 AM
Pastorela
William Grant Still
Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Avlana Eisenberg, conductor
Zina Schiff, violin
11:55
8:30 AM
Peace
Jasmine Barnes
Rising
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
3:15
8:22 AM
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
8:10 AM
Pulse
Brian Raphael Nabors
Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording
Minnesota Orchestra
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
12:24
8:06 AM
A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke
New Day Begun
Lara Downes, piano
3:53
7:56 AM
Banner
Jessie Montgomery
Strum: Music for Strings
Catalyst Quartet
Julian Wachner, conductor
9:02
7:45 AM
Be Still
Daniel Kidane
Through the Night
United Strings of Europe
Julian Azkoul, conductor
Beibei Wang, crotales
6:31
7:42 AM
Winter Idyl
Florence Price
Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price
Karen Slack, soprano
3:10
7:35 AM
Ekah
James Lee III
20 for 2020 Volume 1
Inbal Segev, cello
7:19
7:17 AM
Piano Poems: Beatitudes
Regina Harris Baiocchi
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"
Sarah Cahill, piano
2:18
7:12 AM
My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
The Aeolians
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
5:29
7:02 AM
Middleground
Shelley Washington
Freedom and Faith
PUBLIQuartet
9:16
6:54 AM
Symphony in One Movement
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
7:55
6:50 AM
Lead, Kindly Light
Hymn
The Essential Leontyne Price
St. Thomas Church Choir
Leontyne Price, soprano
3:46
6:36 AM
Terra Incognita
Wayne Shorter
Imani Winds
14:14
6:09 AM
Callaloo
Stewart Goodyear
Gershwin; Goodyear
Chineke! Orchestra
Wayne Marshall, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
26:57
6:03 AM
Dam Mwen Yo
Nathalie Joachim
Forward Music Project, Vol. 1
Nathalie Joachim, vocals
5:26