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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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Monday

12:17 PM
The Chariot Jubilee
Nathaniel Dett
The Aeolians
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
13:59
12:12 PM
The Color Purple: Main Theme
Quincy Jones
Cinema Serenade
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:30
12:10 PM
Weeping Willow
Scott Joplin
Marcus Eley, clarinet
2:49
11:54 AM
Lyric Quartet
William Grant Still
Uncovered, Volume 3
Catalyst Quartet
15:14
11:41 AM
Delights and Dances
Michael Abels
Chicago Sinfonietta
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
13:03
11:34 AM
Sinfonietta No. 1
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Live in Concert
Sphinx Virtuosi
Damon Gupton, conductor
6:34
11:30 AM
Dusklight Movement
Jon Batiste
Beethoven Blues
Jon Batiste, piano
4:16
11:07 AM
Credo
Margaret Bonds
Margaret Bonds: Credo; Simon Bore the Cross
Dessoff Choirs
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Janinah Burnett, soprano
23:29
11:02 AM
Between Worlds
Carlos Simon
Together
Seth Parker Woods, cello
4:24
10:49 AM
Time Past, Time Future
Alvin Singleton
Stillpoint
A Far Cry Orchestra
Awadagin Pratt, piano
12:29
10:43 AM
Be Still
Daniel Kidane
Through the Night
United Strings of Europe
Julian Azkoul, conductor
Beibei Wang, crotales
6:31
10:38 AM
Clouds
Florence Price
Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries
Lara Downes, piano
4:58
10:20 AM
Halcyon Sun
Jonathan Bailey Holland
American Portraits
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
17:22
10:13 AM
Take Me To The Water
Traditional
Ashley Jackson
Known MPLS
Courtland Pickens, conductor
Ashley Jackson, harp
7:00
10:05 AM
Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
Billy Childs
Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
7:46
9:46 AM
Amazing Grace
H. Leslie Adams
Dreams of a New Day
Will Liverman, baritone
3:20
9:41 AM
An Elegy (A Cry from the Grave)
Carlos Simon
My Ancestor's Gift
Teagan Faran, violin
5:20
9:36 AM
The Bells
Margaret Bonds
Black Renaissance Woman
Samantha Ege, piano
4:57
9:33 AM
Free at Last
Traditional
Free At Last
Harlem Spiritual Ensemble
2:30
9:25 AM
Brother Malcolm...
Jean "Rudy" Perrault
Tanbou Kache
Diana Golden, cello
7:45
9:06 AM
Three Black Kings
Duke Ellington
American Composers Orchestra
Maurice Peress, conductor
Jimmy Heath, tenor and soprano saxophones
19:13
8:48 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
8:43 AM
Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee
Justin Holland
Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements
Christopher Mallett, guitar
4:05
8:27 AM
Grass
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration
Chicago Sinfonietta
Paul Freeman, conductor
16:09
8:10 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
8:04 AM
Steal Away
Traditional
Imani Winds: The Classical Underground
Imani Winds
6:29
7:48 AM
Dam Mwen Yo
Nathalie Joachim
Forward Music Project, Vol. 1
Nathalie Joachim, vocals
5:26
7:46 AM
Lullaby
Isak Roux
Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora
William Chapman Nyaho, piano
1:34
7:38 AM
African Suite: Joyful Day
Fela Sowande
Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
7:49
7:34 AM
Radiant Pinnacle
William Grant Still
Black Diamonds: Althea Waites Plays Music by African-American Composers
Althea Waites, piano
4:15
7:11 AM
Violin Concerto
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
Curtis Stewart, violin
22:58
7:03 AM
Haitian Fight Song
Charles Mingus
Meeting of the Spirits
UCCELLO
Matt Haimovitz, cello
7:52
7:01 AM
I Gotta Move When the Spirit Say Move
Spiritual
Good News: African American Spirituals and Art Songs
Othello Jefferson, tenor
1:27
6:49 AM
Concert Overture No. 1
Florence Price
Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2
Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
John Jeter, conductor
11:39
6:46 AM
Celebration!
Adolphus Hailstork
Black Composers Series 1974-1978
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
3:19
6:33 AM
Pulse
Brian Raphael Nabors
Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording
Minnesota Orchestra
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
12:24
6:23 AM
Joy Boy
Julius Eastman
Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
Wild Up
10:00
6:18 AM
Warmth from Other Suns: Rays of Light
Carlos Simon
Light: Migration Music Part 1
Ivalas Quartet
5:34
6:16 AM
Spin
Don Byron
A Ballad for Many
Bang on a Can All-Stars
1:35
6:04 AM
Coincident Dances
Jessie Montgomery
Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers
Chicago Sinfonietta
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
11:42