Pianist Richard C. Alston in 'Classically Black' Feb. 2, 2011 Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Camden College of Arts and Sciences

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 12:00pm

Richard Alston, pianist

"Classically Black”

Composers of African Descent

I

Troubled Water...Margaret Bonds

II

Adagio in F Minor...Le Chevalier De Saint Georges

Basso Tuba Waltz, op. 5...Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins

Maple Leaf Rag...Scott Joplin

Summerland...William Grant Still

The Bamboula...Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

III

In The Bottoms (Suite)...R. Nathaniel Dett

Prelude (Night)

His Song

Honey

Barcarolle (Morning)

Juba (Dance)

IV

Sonata No. 1...George Walker

Theme and Variations

V

Fantasie Negre...Florence B. Price

[AfriClassical.com features biographies of Margaret A. Bonds (1913-1972), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), Scott Joplin (1868-1917), Florence B. Price (1887-1953), Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), William Grant Still (1895-1978), George Walker (b. 1922) and Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (1849-1908)]