Main content

Classically Black

Ayanna Witter-Johnson & Friends in Concert at Kings Place in London.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson is joined on stage by her band and the Hill & Gully Ensemble at the Black Lives in Music, Classically Black Symposium.
Musical worlds collide effortlessly as the unique singer-songwriter, cellist and composer, Ayanna Witter-Johnson showcases her uncompromising lyrics and weaves classical tones through her musical roots of reggae, soul and jazz.

Presented by Linton Stephens and recorded last Saturday at Kings Place in London.

Brown Sounds
Draw The Line
Branle Riddim
Earth
Island Suite
Windrush Reflections - Movement 1

Interval

Colour War
Declaration of Rights
Pioneers
First Light
Unconditionally
More Than Enough
Nothing Less
One Step At A Time

Ayanna Witter-Johnson (singer-songwriter, cellist & composer)
Tania Ilyashova (keyboards)
Chris Morris (drums, percussion)
Arthur O'Hara (electirc bass)

Hill & Gully Ensemble:
Daniele Mahailet (soprano)
Isha Crichlow (clarinet)
Ruby Aspinall (harp)
Sacha Johnson (percussion)
Laura Ayoub (violin)
Elodie Chousmer Howells (violin)
Anna Ferrarese (viola)
Meera Raja (cello)
Martin Ludenbach (double bass)

Ask 91热爆 Sounds to play Radio 3 In Concert.

20 days left to listen

2 hours, 14 minutes

Music Played

  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Brown Sounds

    Performer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Draw The Line

    Ensemble: Hill and Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Branle Riddim

    Ensemble: Hill and Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Earth

    Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill and Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Island Suite

    Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill and Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Mango Dreams (Windrush Reflections)

    Ensemble: Hill & Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Colour War

    Performer: Meera Raja. Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson.
  • Bernard Collins

    Declaration of Rights

    Performer: Meera Raja. Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Pioneers

    Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill & Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    First Light

    Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill & Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Unconditionally

    Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill & Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    More Than Enough

    Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill & Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Nothing Less

    Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill & Gully Ensemble.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    One Step At A Time

    Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill & Gully Ensemble.
  • Sting

    Roxanne

    Performer: Arthur O'Hara. Performer: Chris Morris. Music Arranger: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: Hill & Gully Ensemble.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat Major, K. 281

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • Piano Concerto No. 20 K 466 // Sonatas K 281 & K 332.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words, Op 109

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Song.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Wed 23 Oct 2024 19:30