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Celebrating classical music by black composers and performers

An eclectic playlist celebrating black composers and performers, including music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Grant Still and Errollyn Wallen.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 Jul 2020 19:00

Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert Op.77: 3. Un sonnet d'amour

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 4.
  • William Grant Still

    Prelude (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexa Still. Performer: Michael Steer. Performer: Susan DeWitt Smith. Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet.
    • KOCH.
  • Eug猫ne Ysa每e

    Sonata No. 4 in E minor for solo violin (Finale)

    Performer: Tai Murray.
    • Six Sonatas For Solo Violin Op. 27.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 12.
  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Reverie

    Performer: Leon Bosch. Performer: Sung-Suk Kang.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor, op.7 (Romance)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
  • Walter Donaldson

    Love Me or Leave Me

    Performer: Nina Simone.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Sony Classical.

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  • Tue 7 Jul 2020 19:00

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