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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  • 3:18 PM

    Symphony in One Movement

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    7:55

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  • 3:04 PM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14

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  • 2:41 PM

    Tales - A Folklore Symphony

    Carlos Simon

    Tales?A Folklore Symphony

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    22:21

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  • 2:41 PM

    Invocation

    Abel Selaocoe

    Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

    Abel Selaocoe, cello

    :46

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  • 2:37 PM

    Summerland

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: Summerland

    Alexa Still, flute

    3:28

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  • 2:23 PM

    Sinfonia No. 5 "Visions"

    George Walker

    ANTIFONYS, LILACS, SINFONIAS NOS 4 & 5

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    14:38

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  • 2:10 PM

    Wish Sonatine

    Valerie Coleman

    Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time

    Jennifer Grim, flute

    12:05

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  • 1:47 PM

    Spiritual Fantasy

    Frederick C. Tillis

    Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora

    Castle of our Skins

    Samantha Ege, piano

    23:11

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  • 1:44 PM

    Let Us Break Bread Together

    Spiritual

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    William Brown, tenor

    3:11

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  • 1:35 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31

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  • 1:29 PM

    The Never-Ending Ocean of Identity

    Quinn Mason

    Settle: Migration Music Part 3

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:39

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  • 1:18 PM

    Swing Symphony: All-American Pep

    Wynton Marsalis

    Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    10:43

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  • 12:54 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Elfman: Violin Concerto, 'Eleven Eleven' - Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    23:34

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  • 12:47 PM

    Black Ocean: Anthems of a Crowd 7

    Derrick Skye

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:32

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  • 12:46 PM

    Art/Nat

    Darian Donovan Thomas

    Alone Together

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    1:03

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  • 12:43 PM

    My God Is So High (You Must Come in by the Lamb)

    Spiritual

    Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    3:07

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  • 12:30 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:51

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  • 12:16 PM

    56 Blows (Quis Custodiet Custodes?)

    Alvin Singleton

    Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Kensho Watanabe, conductor

    13:08

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  • 11:59 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:49

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  • 11:35 AM

    The Chariot Jubilee

    Nathaniel Dett

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    13:59

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  • 11:30 AM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30

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  • 11:27 AM

    Weeping Willow

    Scott Joplin

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    2:49

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  • 11:12 AM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    15:14

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  • 10:59 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03

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  • 10:52 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    6:34

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  • 10:48 AM

    Dusklight Movement

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    4:16

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  • 10:24 AM

    Credo

    Margaret Bonds

    Margaret Bonds: Credo; Simon Bore the Cross

    Dessoff Choirs

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

    Janinah Burnett, soprano

    23:29

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  • 10:20 AM

    Between Worlds

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Seth Parker Woods, cello

    4:24

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  • 10:07 AM

    Time Past, Time Future

    Alvin Singleton

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:29

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  • 10:00 AM

    Be Still

    Daniel Kidane

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    Beibei Wang, crotales

    6:31

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  • 9:55 AM

    Clouds

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:58

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  • 9:38 AM

    Halcyon Sun

    Jonathan Bailey Holland

    American Portraits

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22

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  • 9:31 AM

    Take Me To The Water

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Known MPLS

    Courtland Pickens, conductor

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    7:00

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  • 9:22 AM

    Incident on Larpenteur Avenue

    Billy Childs

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:46

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  • 9:04 AM

    Amazing Grace

    H. Leslie Adams

    Dreams of a New Day

    Will Liverman, baritone

    3:20

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  • 8:58 AM

    An Elegy (A Cry from the Grave)

    Carlos Simon

    My Ancestor's Gift

    Teagan Faran, violin

    5:20

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  • 8:54 AM

    The Bells

    Margaret Bonds

    Black Renaissance Woman

    Samantha Ege, piano

    4:57

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  • 8:51 AM

    Free at Last

    Traditional

    Free At Last

    Harlem Spiritual Ensemble

    2:30

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  • 8:43 AM

    Brother Malcolm...

    Jean "Rudy" Perrault

    Tanbou Kache

    Diana Golden, cello

    7:45

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  • 8:23 AM

    Three Black Kings

    Duke Ellington

    American Composers Orchestra

    Maurice Peress, conductor

    Jimmy Heath, tenor and soprano saxophones

    19:13

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  • 8:05 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

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  • 8:01 AM

    Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05

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  • 7:45 AM

    Grass

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    16:09

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  • 7:28 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

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  • 7:21 AM

    Steal Away

    Traditional

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    6:29

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  • 7:05 AM

    Dam Mwen Yo

    Nathalie Joachim

    Forward Music Project, Vol. 1

    Nathalie Joachim, vocals

    5:26

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  • 7:04 AM

    Lullaby

    Isak Roux

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:34

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  • 6:56 AM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:49

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  • 6:51 AM

    Radiant Pinnacle

    William Grant Still

    Black Diamonds: Althea Waites Plays Music by African-American Composers

    Althea Waites, piano

    4:15

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  • 6:28 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    Curtis Stewart, violin

    22:58

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  • 6:20 AM

    Haitian Fight Song

    Charles Mingus

    Meeting of the Spirits

    UCCELLO

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    7:52

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  • 6:19 AM

    I Gotta Move When the Spirit Say Move

    Spiritual

    Good News: African American Spirituals and Art Songs

    Othello Jefferson, tenor

    1:27

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  • 6:07 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39

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  • 6:03 AM

    Celebration!

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19

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  • 5:51 AM

    Pulse

    Brian Raphael Nabors

    Minnesota Orchestra Listening Project Recording

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Kensho Watanabe, conductor

    12:24

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  • 5:41 AM

    Joy Boy

    Julius Eastman

    Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy

    Wild Up

    10:00

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  • 5:35 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns: Rays of Light

    Carlos Simon

    Light: Migration Music Part 1

    Ivalas Quartet

    5:34

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  • 5:33 AM

    Spin

    Don Byron

    A Ballad for Many

    Bang on a Can All-Stars

    1:35

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  • 5:22 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42

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  • 5:12 AM

    Carry That Sound

    Julian Joseph

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    9:29

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  • 5:09 AM

    When We Sing

    Rosephanye Powell

    Alone Together

    Cantus

    3:20

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  • 5:00 AM

    Pieta

    Ulysses Kay

    Light in a Time of Darkness

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Anna Mattix, English horn

    8:14

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