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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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Sunday
  • 12:45 PM

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Derrick Skye

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Bridge to Everywhere

    14:07
  • 12:35 PM

    Songs of the Seasons

    Margaret Bonds

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    9:27
  • 12:27 PM

    Again

    Curtis Stewart

    Seasons of Change

    Curtis Stewart, violin

    8:01
  • 12:11 PM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    15:53
  • 12:09 PM

    Rock My Soul

    Spiritual

    Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)

    Fairfield Four

    2:21
  • 11:53 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    15:23
  • 11:40 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:36 AM

    Valse Caprice

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    3:59
  • 11:29 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 11:24 AM

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis, piano

    4:58
  • 11:17 AM

    Blues Symphony: Dialogue in Democracy

    Wynton Marsalis

    Marsalis: Blues Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Jader Bignamini, conductor

    6:23
  • 11:10 AM

    Ghetto Strings: Motor City

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    Thrum

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    6:49
  • 11:05 AM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Paradise Theater Jump!

    Jeff Scott

    Ghost Light

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    5:16
  • 10:54 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Four Thoughts on Marvin Gaye

    Don Byron

    Heavy

    Ethel

    11:02
  • 10:45 AM

    Soul Force

    Jessie Montgomery

    ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    8:31
  • 10:41 AM

    Ye, Who Seek the Truth

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:17 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
  • 10:07 AM

    Song of Hope

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Choral Works

    Malmo Opera Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    Sara Swietlicki, soprano

    9:30
  • 9:47 AM

    Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    19:51
  • 9:41 AM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 9:38 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace

    Traditional

    Sacred Journey

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    3:20
  • 9:32 AM

    Serenade

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 9:29 AM

    I Dream a World

    Rosephanye Powell

    My God is a Rock

    Winston-Salem State University Choir

    D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor

    2:46
  • 9:18 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
  • 9:06 AM

    Joy Boy

    Julius Eastman

    Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy

    Wild Up

    10:00
  • 9:03 AM

    Ode to Joyful

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    2:04
  • 8:44 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    American Mirror

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    19:10
  • 8:41 AM

    If I Were Bird

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    2:51
  • 8:34 AM

    Changes

    Andre Myers

    Convergence

    Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Sewell, conductor

    6:34
  • 8:27 AM

    Dance of the Night Sky

    Shirley Thompson

    Dance of the Night Sky

    Black Oak Ensemble

    7:12
  • 8:16 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    African American Voices

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    10:49
  • 7:57 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
  • 7:48 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
  • 7:39 AM

    Myself when I am real

    Charles Mingus

    Ellis Island

    Julia Hamos, piano

    9:10
  • 7:36 AM

    In Color Suite: Poet

    Jessie Montgomery

    Standard Stoppages

    Third Coast Percussion

    2:33
  • 7:19 AM

    Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    Gregory Walker, violin

    17:50
  • 7:14 AM

    Supplication and Compensation

    Joel Thompson

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:54
  • 7:07 AM

    The Block

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    6:26
  • 7:04 AM

    Habari Gani!

    Quenton Blache

    American Mirror

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    3:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 6:50 AM

    Three Songs for America

    David Amram

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    James Courtney, bass

    10:24
  • 6:40 AM

    Of Our New Day Begun

    Omar Thomas

    Poeme

    Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony

    Stephen Meyer, conductor

    10:07
  • 6:38 AM

    Introit

    Jonathan Bailey Holland

    A Century of New Sounds

    Dasara Beta, trumpet

    1:56
  • 6:34 AM

    Beatitudes

    Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    3:38
  • 6:22 AM

    Pastorela

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    11:55
  • 6:19 AM

    Peace

    Jasmine Barnes

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:15
  • 6:12 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
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