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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
  • 2:42 PM

    Pulse

    Brian Raphael Nabors

    Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Kensho Watanabe, conductor

    12:24
  • 2:38 PM

    A Change Is Gonna Come

    Sam Cooke

    New Day Begun

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:53
  • 2:29 PM

    Banner

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    Catalyst Quartet

    Julian Wachner, conductor

    9:02
  • 2:18 PM

    Be Still

    Daniel Kidane

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    Beibei Wang, crotales

    6:31
  • 2:15 PM

    Winter Idyl

    Florence Price

    Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price

    Karen Slack, soprano

    3:10
  • 2:07 PM

    Ekah

    James Lee III

    20 for 2020 Volume 1

    Inbal Segev, cello

    7:19
  • 1:50 PM

    Piano Poems: Beatitudes

    Regina Harris Baiocchi

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

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    2:18
  • 1:44 PM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 1:35 PM

    Middleground

    Shelley Washington

    Freedom and Faith

    PUBLIQuartet

    9:16
  • 1:27 PM

    Symphony in One Movement

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    7:55
  • 1:23 PM

    Lead, Kindly Light

    Hymn

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    St. Thomas Church Choir

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    3:46
  • 1:09 PM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14
  • 12:42 PM

    Callaloo

    Stewart Goodyear

    Gershwin; Goodyear

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    26:57
  • 12:36 PM

    Dam Mwen Yo

    Nathalie Joachim

    Forward Music Project, Vol. 1

    Nathalie Joachim, vocals

    5:26
  • 12:30 PM

    Homeland

    Allison Loggins-Hull

    Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time

    Jennifer Grim, flute

    5:48
  • 12:27 PM

    Soweto No. 3

    Undine Smith Moore

    Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora

    Castle of our Skins

    Samantha Ege, piano

    3:04
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:22
  • 11:51 AM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Still: Symphony No. 1/Ellington: River Suite

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:48
  • 11:48 AM

    Deep River

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    River of Music

    The Kanneh-Masons

    2:43
  • 11:36 AM

    Time Past, Time Future

    Alvin Singleton

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:29
  • 11:32 AM

    Hear My Prayer

    Moses Hogan

    My God is a Rock

    Winston-Salem State University Choir

    D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor

    2:57
  • 11:18 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 11:14 AM

    Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale

    Samuel Akpabot

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    3:30
  • 11:11 AM

    Good-night

    Will Liverman/Lady Jess

    Good-night (single)

    Will Liverman, baritone

    3:34
  • 11:05 AM

    Chorale

    Errollyn Wallen

    Timelapse

    Orchestra of the Swan

    5:00
  • 10:56 AM

    Unrest

    Brandee Younger

    Unrest

    Brandee Younger, harp

    9:20
  • 10:51 AM

    brea(d)th: breath

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: brea(d)th

    Jonathan Taylor Rush, conductor

    Mark Bamuthi Joseph, spoken word

    4:51
  • 10:47 AM

    An Andante

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 10:43 AM

    There is a Balm in Gilead

    Spiritual

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    Rust College Choir

    Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    3:40
  • 10:39 AM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:45
  • 10:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:49
  • 10:18 AM

    Impossible is Possible

    Black Violin

    Take the Stairs

    Black Violin

    4:27
  • 10:09 AM

    Drill

    Curtis Stewart

    American Mirror

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Josh Jones, percussion

    8:18
  • 10:04 AM

    Mangas

    Curtis Stewart/Elektra Stewart

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    4:57
  • 9:47 AM

    Concerto Jazz a Mine

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Leslie Stifelman, piano

    17:22
  • 9:41 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Danza

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:51
  • 9:35 AM

    Oloba

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint LfOuverture ? Ballade Op. 4 ? Suites from g24 Negro Melodiesh

    National Philharmonic

    Michael Repper, conductor

    5:40
  • 9:20 AM

    A Sable Jubilee

    Jasmine Barnes

    Show Me The Way

    Will Liverman, baritone

    15:13
  • 9:18 AM

    Plenty Good Room

    Spiritual

    Studio Recording

    Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet

    2:01
  • 8:54 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
  • 8:49 AM

    Shine On Me

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    4:31
  • 8:42 AM

    The Worship Medley

    Medley

    RISE

    String Queens

    7:11
  • 8:28 AM

    Amen!

    Carlos Simon

    Hope

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    13:24
  • 8:23 AM

    Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow: The Resolve

    Damien Geter

    Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow

    Washington Chorus

    Eugene Rogers, conductor

    Aundi Marie Moore, soprano

    4:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Florence Price

    ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    Michelle Cann, piano

    17:02
  • 8:02 AM

    One on One for Bassoon and Clarinet

    Ed Bland

    Legacy

    Lecolion Washington, bassoon

    3:41
  • 7:30 AM

    Shout For Joy

    Adolphus Hailstork

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    13:30
  • 7:24 AM

    Variations on Lift Every Voice and Sing

    Lettie B. Alston

    New Day Begun

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:10
  • 7:13 AM

    Swing Symphony: All-American Pep

    Wynton Marsalis

    Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    10:43
  • 7:02 AM

    city beautiful

    Shawn E. Okpebholo

    Trios from Contemporary Chicago

    Lincoln Trio

    11:21
  • 6:51 AM

    Tracing Visions

    Valerie Coleman

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    11:04
  • 6:49 AM

    Yemaya

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    1:19
  • 6:32 AM

    Wood Notes

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 6:15 AM

    Love

    Abel Selaocoe

    Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

    Abel Selaocoe, cello

    4:22
  • 6:09 AM

    Dzoka Kumba (Come Back Home)

    Musekiwa Chingodza

    Standard Stoppages

    Third Coast Percussion

    5:46
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