The Blacke Trumpeter
Composer Eleanor Alberga foregrounds the contribution black composers have made to the story of western classical music through the ages, beginning with the earliest references.
The first programme of a three-part series in which composer Eleanor Alberga foregrounds the contribution that black composers have made to the story of western classical music through the ages, with examples of their music. Eleanor confesses that "in researching this series, much of the story has proved surprising to me as well鈥�.
Eleanor begins her journey with story of John Blanke, a celebrated court trumpeter to Henry VII, who appears as 鈥渢he blacke trumpeter鈥� on the Westminster Tournament Roll, commissioned by the king to mark the birth of his son Henry in 1511. The programme considers the presence and position of black people within the European population since that time. She features the music of black composers in England and France from the 18th century, including Ignatius Sancho, JJO de Meude-Monpas and Joseph Boulogne, before crossing the Atlantic to the Southern States of America, to New Orleans, and the music of the 鈥淐reole Romantics鈥�; musicians like Lucien-L茅on Guillaume Lambert and Edmond D茅d茅. This first programme ends with Eleanor considering the impact that Dvorak鈥檚 historic visit to America made to black composers in the 1890s.
Music featured in this first programme includes:
Ignatius Sancho: Minuet No 11 in G minor (arr. Janise White)
Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra/Janise White
J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas: Violin Concerto No 4 in D - iii Rondo.
Rachel Barton, violin
Encore Chamber Orchestra led by Daniel Hege, conductor.
Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George: Symphony in G, Op 11 No 1 - 1st Mvt
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jeanne Lamon
Charles Richard Lambert: 鈥淟鈥橝mazone鈥� - Caprice-Mazurka, Op 67
Gary Hammond (piano)
Edmond D茅d茅: 鈥淢on pauvre couer鈥�
Jennifer Foster(soprano) David Sachs (piano)
Edmond D茅d茅: 鈥淢efisto Masque鈥�
Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Richard Rosenberg
Jos茅 White Lafitte: Violin Concerto in F sharp minor - iii. Allegro Moderato
Rachel Barton, violin
Encore Chamber Orchestra led by Daniel Hege, Conductor.
Harry Thacker Burleigh: 鈥淭he Grey Wolf鈥�
Regina McConnell (soprano), Michael Cordovana (piano)
William Marion Cook: Overture - 鈥淚n Dahomey鈥�
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra; Rick Benjamin, director
Nathaniel Dett- 鈥淚n The Bottoms" - I. Prelude
Denver Oldham (piano)
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Pieter Hainlein
Fanfarria (Natural Trumpets & Drums)
Ensemble: Lindeke Trumpet Ensemble. -
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Ignatius Sancho
Minuet No 11 in G minor
Orchestra: Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra. Conductor: Janise White. -
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Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas
Violin Concerto No 4 in D major: 3rd movement (Rondo)
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege. -
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Op 11 no 1: 1st movement
Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon. -
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Charles Lucien Lambert
L'Amazone - Caprice-Mazurka, Op 67
Performer: Gary Hammond. -
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Lucien-L茅on Guillaume Lambert
Overture de Broceliande
Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg. -
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Edmond D茅d茅
"Mon pauvre couer"
Performer: David Sachs. Singer: Jennifer Foster. -
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Edmond D茅d茅
Mefisto Masque
Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg. -
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Jos茅 White Lafitte
Violin Concerto in F sharp minor: 3rd movement (Allegro moderato)
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege. -
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No 9 "New World": 2nd movement (Largo)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. -
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Harry Burleigh
The Grey Wolf
Performer: Michael Cordovana. Singer: Regina McConnell. -
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Will Marion Cook
Overture "In Dahomey"
Orchestra: The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. Conductor: Rick Benjamin. -
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R. Nathaniel Dett
"In The Bottoms - 1. Prelude"
Performer: Denver Oldham. -
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Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
The Boatswain's mate - opera in 1 act: Overture
Performer: 麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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