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Music of the Harlem Renaissance

Composer Philip Herbert joins Jamie for an exploration of the Harlem Renaissance and its legacy, with music by Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still and Florence Price.

Tonight Jamie looks at the cultural explosion of the Harlem Renaissance and its rich legacy of classical music. Joining him is composer Philip Herbert to talk about the composers inspired by this period in history and we’ll hear music from Florence Price, William Grant Still and Margaret Bonds amongst others. Also on the programme composer Matthew King and Tomas Leakey, founder of the Mahler Players, talk about using unfinished sketches by Wagner to create a brand new piece of music.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 17 Oct 2021 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Das Jahr (October)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • The Year.
    • SONY BMG.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 503.

  • William Grant Still

    Suite for Violin and Piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 403.

  • Florence Price

    Sympathy

    Performer: John B. O'Brien. Singer: Louise Toppin.
    • Vocal Music (American Women Composers).
    • Albany.

  • Margaret Bonds

    The Negro speaks of rivers

    Performer: Vivian Taylor. Singer: Robert Honeysucker.
    • Watch and Pray. Spirituals and Art Songs by African-American Women Composers.
    • KOCH.
    • 006.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River (Op. 59, No. 10)

    Performer: Alessio Pianelli. Orchestra: Avos Chamber Orchestra.
    • A Sicilian Traveller.
    • Rubicon.
    • 114.

  • Traditional Spiritual

    Come Down Angels

    Performer: Rosalyn Floyd. Music Arranger: Undine Smith Moore. Singer: Oral Moses.
    • Come Down Angels And Trouble The Water.
    • Albany.
    • 016.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in B-Flat Major, K. 269

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 401.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    I could be happy (The Boyfriend Suite)

    Ensemble: Aquarius. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Maxwell Davies: Suite from 'The Boyfriend', Suite from 'The Devils' & Other Work.
    • NAXOS.
    • 4.

  • Erland Cooper

    Erland Cooper and Daniel Pioro - Broch

    Composer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Daniel Pioro.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Urlicht (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Irwin Gage.
    • Jessye Norman, Schubert & Mahler, Irwin Gage.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

  • Richard Wagner

    Richard Wagner in Venice: A Symphony

    Composer: Matthew King. Orchestra: The Mahler Players. Conductor: Tomas Leakey.
    • Richard Wagner in Venice.
    • Mahler Players.

  • Johann Wilhelm Hertel

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: HΓ¥kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Take a pair of sparkling eyes (The Gondoliers)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Thomas Round. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Callum Huggan

    Travino: Feeling Better

    • Delphian.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 103.

  • Eric Whitacre

    October

    Ensemble: Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Band. Conductor: Stephen Gage.
    • Urban Requiem.
    • Naxos.
    • 003.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Oct 2021 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland