Curated Streams

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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Tuesday

12:21 PM
New Morning for the World
Joseph Schwantner
Oregon Symphony
James DePreist, conductor
Raymond Bazemore, bass
23:28
12:18 PM
Requiem for the Enslaved: gloria
Carlos Simon
Carlos Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved
Hub New Music
3:14
12:02 PM
Umoja: Anthem of Unity
Valerie Coleman
ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA
New York Youth Symphony
Michael Repper, conductor
13:25
11:50 AM
Flute Sonata
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Amplify: Changing America's Playlist (Rii Vol. 1)
Adam Eccleston, flute
12:19
11:38 AM
Hymn for Everyone
Jessie Montgomery
Contemporary American Composers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:19
11:36 AM
Music of Life
Spiritual
Studio Recording
Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet
2:26
11:23 AM
Piece for String Orchestra
Billy Childs
Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers
VocalEssence Orchestra
Philip Brunelle, conductor
12:56
11:18 AM
5th Symphony in Congo Square
Jon Batiste
Beethoven Blues
Jon Batiste, piano
4:24
11:09 AM
Chicago
Edmond Dede
DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque
Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, conductor
8:35
10:53 AM
Violin Concerto No. 2
Florence Price
Max Bruch, Florence Price: Violin Concertos
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
15:54
10:48 AM
String Quartet No. 1 "Neo-Soul": Bop
Damien Geter
Elevate: All Classical Radio's RII Vol. 2
Ines Voglar Belgique, violin
5:23
10:33 AM
Harlem for Jazz Band and Orchestra
Duke Ellington
American Classics
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
14:35
10:30 AM
Nitelife
Mary Lou Williams
Soulscapes II
Maria Corley, piano
3:13
10:24 AM
Homage to Paradise Valley: Paradise Theater Jump!
Jeff Scott
Ghost Light
Akropolis Reed Quintet
5:16
10:19 AM
A Prayer
Ken Burton
Solace
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Thomas Allen, countertenor
5:13
10:05 AM
Viola Sonata
George Walker
Permutations
Eliesha Nelson, viola
14:17
10:01 AM
Loop
Carlos Simon
Together
Carlos Simon Collective
3:28
9:51 AM
The Need to Be
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
etudes4violin&electronix
Daniel Bernard Roumain, violin
10:23
9:46 AM
Eternal Present: Now
Shelley Washington
KINDS OF ~NOIS
~nois
4:31
9:27 AM
On the Chequer'd Field Array'd: Middlegame
Hannah Kendall
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"
Sarah Cahill, piano
5:21
9:20 AM
Ascension
Ahmed Alabaca
Prisma Vol. 3
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Kruzik, conductor
Karel Dohnal, clarinet
7:49
9:06 AM
American Mirror, Pt. II
Derrick Skye
American Mirrors
Salastina Music Society
12:59
8:48 AM
Concerto for Orchestra
Ulysses Kay
African American Voices II
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Kellen Grey, conductor
18:07
8:43 AM
Sweet Memories of Thee
Justin Holland
Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements
Christopher Mallett, guitar
5:10
8:31 AM
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
8:28 AM
Piano Poems: Beatitudes
Regina Harris Baiocchi
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"
Sarah Cahill, piano
2:18
8:23 AM
A Ballet Through Mud: Moving Meditation
RZA
A Ballet Through Mud
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Dragon, conductor
5:13
8:19 AM
The Lily of the Valley
Spiritual
American Spiritual Ensemble
Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor
3:43
8:11 AM
Symphony in One Movement
Julia Perry
American Counterpoints
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, conductor
7:55
7:57 AM
Terra Incognita
Wayne Shorter
Imani Winds
14:14
7:34 AM
Tales - A Folklore Symphony
Carlos Simon
Tales?A Folklore Symphony
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
22:21
7:33 AM
Invocation
Abel Selaocoe
Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)
Abel Selaocoe, cello
:46
7:30 AM
Summerland
William Grant Still
William Grant Still: Summerland
Alexa Still, flute
3:28
7:15 AM
Sinfonia No. 5 "Visions"
George Walker
ANTIFONYS, LILACS, SINFONIAS NOS 4 & 5
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
14:38
7:03 AM
Wish Sonatine
Valerie Coleman
Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time
Jennifer Grim, flute
12:05
6:40 AM
Spiritual Fantasy
Frederick C. Tillis
Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora
Castle of our Skins
Samantha Ege, piano
23:11
6:36 AM
Let Us Break Bread Together
Spiritual
Black Composers Series 1974-1978
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
William Brown, tenor
3:11
6:28 AM
Global Warming
Michael Abels
Songs for Our Times
Sphinx Virtuosi
8:31
6:22 AM
The Never-Ending Ocean of Identity
Quinn Mason
Settle: Migration Music Part 3
Lara Downes, piano
3:39
6:11 AM
Swing Symphony: All-American Pep
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor
10:43