Poster Black History Month stream
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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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  • 7:06 PM

    Yamekraw, A Negro Rhapsody

    James Price Johnson

    JOHNSON, J.P.: Yamekraw / RESER, H.: Suite / GERSHWIN, G.: Rhapsody in Blue

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    Gary Hammond, piano

    15:31
  • 7:00 PM

    Rhapsody

    Tomeka Reid

    This Is America

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    5:34
  • 6:57 PM

    I Dream a World

    Rosephanye Powell

    My God is a Rock

    Winston-Salem State University Choir

    D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor

    2:46
  • 6:38 PM

    Black, Brown and Beige Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige Suite

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    18:29
  • 6:33 PM

    Dam Mwen Yo

    Nathalie Joachim

    Forward Music Project, Vol. 1

    Nathalie Joachim, vocals

    5:26
  • 6:26 PM

    Pour Toi, Mere

    Sydney Guillaume

    What Dreams May Come

    University of Miami Chorale

    Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor

    6:13
  • 6:24 PM

    Peek-a-boo Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    2:09
  • 6:14 PM

    Romance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    Elena Urioste, violin

    9:45
  • 6:10 PM

    Love

    Abel Selaocoe

    Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

    Abel Selaocoe, cello

    4:22
  • 6:06 PM

    Five African Songs: Akhala Amaqhude Amabile

    Mzilikazi Khumalo

    KHUMALO: 5 African Songs / VAN DIJK: San Gloria / San Chronicle

    South African Broadcast Orchestra

    Richard Cock, conductor

    3:58
  • 5:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 5:40 PM

    Blues (Deliver My Soul)

    David Baker

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:13
  • 5:34 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 5:27 PM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    6:30
  • 5:17 PM

    Of Our New Day Begun

    Omar Thomas

    Poeme

    Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony

    Stephen Meyer, conductor

    10:07
  • 5:09 PM

    Silver Rain

    Robert Owens

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    7:48
  • 4:43 PM

    Portraits of Langston

    Valerie Coleman

    Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

    Demarre McGill, flute

    26:08
  • 4:37 PM

    Exhale

    Immanuel Wilkins

    20 for 2020 Volume 4

    Inbal Segev, cello

    5:52
  • 4:31 PM

    Antifonys

    George Walker

    ANTIFONYS, LILACS, SINFONIAS NOS 4 & 5

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    6:01
  • 4:22 PM

    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
  • 4:14 PM

    Mother and Child

    William Grant Still

    Summerland: Music for Piano and Cello by Composers of African Descent

    Duo Dolce

    7:31
  • 4:07 PM

    Epitaph (To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

    Adolphus Hailstork

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 4:03 PM

    Prayer (Gather Up)

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    J'nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano

    3:10
  • 3:51 PM

    Ascension

    Ahmed Alabaca

    Prisma Vol. 3

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Kruzik, conductor

    Karel Dohnal, clarinet

    7:49
  • 3:45 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Danza

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:51
  • 3:43 PM

    Prelude

    Julia Perry

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    2:02
  • 3:33 PM

    Joy Boy

    Julius Eastman

    Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy

    Wild Up

    10:00
  • 3:25 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 3:18 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: Dances

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    SAINT-GEORGES, J.B.C. de: L'Amant anonyme

    Haymarket Opera Orchestra

    Craig Trompeter, conductor

    7:36
  • 3:12 PM

    I Want Jesus to Walk With Me

    Spiritual

    Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    Ruby Amanfu, vocals

    5:09
  • 3:07 PM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    African American Voices

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    5:20
  • 2:57 PM

    The Spark Catchers

    Hannah Kendall

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    9:36
  • 2:55 PM

    Requiem for the Enslaved: grant them rest

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved

    Hub New Music

    Marco Pave, spoken word

    2:07
  • 2:50 PM

    Chorale

    Errollyn Wallen

    Timelapse

    Orchestra of the Swan

    5:00
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05
  • 2:08 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Ambrosia Quartet

    10:42
  • 1:59 PM

    Middle Passage

    Anthony Davis

    Phoenix

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:01
  • 1:54 PM

    Rubix: Play

    Flutronix/Third Coast Percussion

    Perspectives: Danny Elfman, Philip Glass, Jlin, Flutronix, Third Coast Percussion

    Flutronix

    4:23
  • 1:53 PM

    The Gift to Sing

    Damien Sneed

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    1:29
  • 1:46 PM

    Take Me To The Water

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Known MPLS

    Courtland Pickens, conductor

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    7:00
  • 1:43 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 1:30 PM

    Ritual and Incantations

    Hale Smith

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    12:46
  • 1:28 PM

    Piano Poems: Beatitudes

    Regina Harris Baiocchi

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

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    2:18
  • 1:21 PM

    Lord, How Come Me Here

    Spiritual

    LORD, HOW COME ME HERE?: SPIRITUALS, FOLK HYMNS, AND ART SONG REIMAGINED

    J'nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano

    6:28
  • 1:17 PM

    Even This Laughter; Even Your Tears

    deVon Russell Gray

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:26
  • 1:13 PM

    The Valley of the Bones

    Margaret Bonds

    Black Renaissance Woman

    Samantha Ege, piano

    3:40
  • 12:51 PM

    String Quartet: Andante

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:46
  • 12:47 PM

    Harlem Symphony: Night Club

    James Price Johnson

    Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:43
  • 12:45 PM

    A Jazz Trifle

    Zenobia Powell Perry

    Zenobia Powell Perry: Piano Works

    LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano

    2:11
  • 12:36 PM

    Soul Force

    Jessie Montgomery

    ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:13 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 11:51 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 11:50 AM

    Yemaya

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    1:19
  • 11:39 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    10:43
  • 11:27 AM

    Time Past, Time Future

    Alvin Singleton

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:29
  • 11:20 AM

    Passion for Bach and Coltrane: Variation 13

    Jeff Scott

    Imani Winds

    Alex Brown, piano

    6:59
  • 11:15 AM

    Solo Flute Partita: Corrente

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    3:38
  • 11:02 AM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 10:58 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    3:42
  • 10:51 AM

    Short Piece for Orchestra

    Julia Perry

    MUSIC OF TALMA, FINE, PERRY, DANIELS & HOWE

    Imperial Philharmonic of Tokyo

    William Strickland, conductor

    7:12
  • 10:46 AM

    I Stood on the River of Jordan

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Everett McCorvey, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:40 AM

    Be Still

    Daniel Kidane

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    Beibei Wang, crotales

    6:31
  • 10:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric"

    George Walker

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    22:49
  • 10:08 AM

    Songs of the Seasons

    Margaret Bonds

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    9:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Melody

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason

    Melody

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:09
  • 10:03 AM

    Rock My Soul

    Spiritual

    Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)

    Fairfield Four

    2:21
  • 9:51 AM

    Hymn for Everyone

    Jessie Montgomery

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:19
  • 9:40 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns: Rays of Light

    Carlos Simon

    Light: Migration Music Part 1

    Ivalas Quartet

    5:34
  • 9:30 AM

    Carry That Sound

    Julian Joseph

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:25 AM

    Zawose (for Hukwe Zawose)

    Abel Selaocoe

    Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

    Abel Selaocoe, cello

    5:03
  • 9:08 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Florence Price

    ETHIOPIA'S SHADOW IN AMERICA

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    Michelle Cann, piano

    17:02
  • 9:06 AM

    Dancing Barefoot in the Rain

    Nkeiru Okoye

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:00
  • 9:03 AM

    Beatitudes

    Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    3:38
  • 8:58 AM

    Tracing Visions: Amandla!

    Valerie Coleman

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    5:12
  • 8:48 AM

    Soweto

    Undine Smith Moore

    Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora

    Castle of our Skins

    Samantha Ege, piano

    10:01
  • 8:39 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    African American Voices

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    8:16
  • 8:34 AM

    African Suite: Nostalgia

    Fela Sowande

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    4:14
  • 8:31 AM

    Joy

    Margaret Bonds

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Carla McElhaney, piano

    2:13
  • 8:26 AM

    Sweet Memories of Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    5:12
  • 8:14 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
  • 8:11 AM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

    The Band

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:54
  • 7:57 AM

    Rounds

    Jessie Montgomery

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    14:19
  • 7:52 AM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 7:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    36:36
  • 7:08 AM

    Homeland

    Allison Loggins-Hull

    Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time

    Jennifer Grim, flute

    5:48
  • 6:59 AM

    Invocation

    Jasmine Barnes

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    4:12
  • 6:50 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31
  • 6:45 AM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 6:38 AM

    Lead, Kindly Light

    Hymn

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    St. Thomas Church Choir

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    3:46
  • 6:35 AM

    Safika No. 3

    Bongani Ndodana-Breen

    Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora

    Castle of our Skins

    Samantha Ege, piano

    3:55
  • 6:26 AM

    Three Nigerian Dances

    Samuel Akpabot

    KHUMALO: 5 African Songs / VAN DIJK: San Gloria / San Chronicle

    South African Broadcast Orchestra

    Richard Cock, conductor

    8:34