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This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' features music by composer Valerie Coleman.
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Warm sounds — and a Black American perspective

Extra Eclectic - July 17, 2024

The summer selections continue on this week’s edition of Extra Eclectic, but with a couple extra twists. Host Steve Seel features music by Black American composers in the first hour, with an added undercurrent on the theme of unity. We hear works from Carlos Simon’s Warmth of Other Suns to Valerie Coleman’s Umoja: Anthem of Unity and more.

Playlist

Umoja: Anthem of Unity
Composer: Valerie Coleman
Conductor: Michael Repper
Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Youth Symphony
Avie 2503

Warmth from Other Suns
Composer: Carlos Simon
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ivalas Quartet
Rising Sun 5

a window of resonant light
Composer: Jeffrey Mumford
Orchestra/Ensemble: Core Ensemble
Albany 698

Piano Etudes "Carnival for Unity"
Composer: Courtney Bryan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Pi
Bright Shiny Things 1083

Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
Composer: Caroline Shaw/So Percussion/Jonathan Low
Orchestra/Ensemble: So Percussion
Soloists: Caroline Shaw, vocals
Nonesuch 979159

Summer Dances
Composer: Peteris Vasks
Soloists: Vadim Gluzman, violin
Bis 2352

Birds of Eden
Composer: Algirdas Martinaitis
Conductor: Modestas Barkauskas
Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Ondine 1398

water hollows stone: mist
Composer: Alex Weiser
Orchestra/Ensemble: HOCKET
Bright Shiny Things 176

Aequora
Composer: Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir
Conductor: Daniel Bjarnason
Orchestra/Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Dorian 92213

Towards Daybreak
Composer: Bill Ryan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Billband
Innova 841

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