'Composers Datebook' On Nov. 16, 1904, Date of First Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Concert in U.S.

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at age 23]

The conductor and multi-instrumentalist John McLaughlin Williams tells AfriClassical of a brief daily radio feature from American Public Media which focused on the composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) yesterday, and which can still be heard online by clicking on the link for Wednesday, November 16:

“Coleridge-Taylor was featured on American Public Media's Composer's Datebook yesterday. The date marks an important performance by the Coleridge-Taylor Chorus in Washington D.C. The link allows you to hear the short program.”

http://composersdatebook.publicradio.org/listings/datebook_20111114.shtml

“Composers Datebook

Wednesday, November 16

British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

“SYNOPSIS:

Coleridge-Taylor in Washington ...

“MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM:

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 – 1912):

Hiawatha's Departure

Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra;

Kenneth Alwyn, cond.

Argo 430 956”

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is featured at AfriClassical.com, which is one of two website biographies to which the radio feature links. Here is the relevant paragraph of the Coleridge-Taylor page at AfriClassical.com:

“13 1904 Tour

The first concert of the 1904 tour was in Washington, D.C. The Coleridge-Taylor Society, an African American choir, appeared with the United States Marine Band, with the composer at the podium. During his stay in the capital Coleridge-Taylor visited President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House.”