Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Marvin Rosen Honors Black Composers Dec. 31, 2011 on ClassicalDiscoveries.org Kwanzaa Program



[William Grant Still Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, 'Wood Notes' on Naxos 8.559676]

Marvin Rosen sends word of his annual Kwanzaa tribute to Black Classical Composers on WPRB Radio in Princeton, New Jersey, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. The website is www.ClassicalDiscoveries.org The program includes eight composers who are featured at AfriClassical.com:


Still, William Grant
Blues from Lenox Avenue Suite
Louis Kaufman, Violin, Annette Kaufman, Piano
Bay cities - BCD 1019
10:10

Still, William Grant
Bells
Denver Oldham, Piano
Koch International Classics - 3-7084
10:15

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child from Five Negro Melodies, Op. 59, No. 1
The Coleridge Ensemble
Afka - SK-543
10:37

Walker, George
Lyric for Strings
Son Sonora String Quartet
Naxos - 8.559659
11:18

Ellington, Duke, arr. Marsalis, Wynton
A Tone Parallel in Harlem
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur, conductor,
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Conductor
New York Philharmonic - Vol.2/Disc 1 (American Collection)
11:36

Hailstork, Adolphus
Celebration!
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor
Sony Music Custom Marketing Group - DSO-1111
12:01

Bonds, Margaret
The Negro speaks of Rivers
Daryl Taylor, Tenor, Maria Corley, Piano
Naxos - 8.559136
12:12

Kay, Ulysses
Galop from Six Dances for String Orchestra
Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor
Vox Box - CDX 5157
12:46

Johnson, James P.
Drums - A Symphonic Poem
The Concordia Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
MusicMasters - 67140-2
12:51

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