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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 5:40 to 11:00 AM
''THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS'' The 4th Annual program of music by the Black Composers to celebrate Kwanzaa 
5:40am - 7:00am Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Symphony in D Major, Opus 11, No. 2 - Chamber Orchestra of Versailles, Bernard Wahl, conductor - Arion - ARN 55434 H. Leslie Adams - Etude No. 1 in G minor - Maria Corley, Piano - Albany Records - TROY 639 - (A*01) H Leslie Adams - Etude No. 8 in G-flat Major - Maria Corley, Piano - Albany Records - TROY 639 - (A*01) George Walker - Folk songs for Orchestra (1990) - Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor - Albany Records - TROY 270 - (A*01) Samuel Akpabot - Nigerian Dance No. 1 from "Three Nigerian Dances" - National Symphony Orchestra of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Richard Cock, Conductor - Marco Polo - 8.223832 Manoel Dias de Oliveira - Magnificat - XVIII-21 Musique des Lumieres, Jean-Christophe Frisch, Conductor - K617 - K617113 Florence Price - Sympathy - Louise Toppin, Soprano, John O'Brien, Piano - Albany Records - TROY 385 - (A*01) Florence Price - The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face - Jay A. Pierson, Baritone, Baritone, John O'Brien, Piano - Albany Records - TROY 385 - (A*01) Gary Nash - Fraternal Prelude (1997) - The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp, Conductor - Citadel - CTD 88143 Michael Abels - Global Warming (1990) - Chicago Sinfonietta, Paul Freeman, Conductor - Cedille Records - CDR 90000 066 - (Q*01)
7:00am - 8:00am Julia Perry - How Beautiful are the Feet - Sebronette Barnes, Soprano, Elise Auerbach, Piano - Senrab Records - SRR7988 - (C*22) Chad E. Hughes - 1st Suite for Solo Violoncello - Anthony Elliott, Cello - Anthony Elliott - (C*22) James P. Johnson - Drums - A Symphonic Poem - The Concordia Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Conductor - Musicmasters - 67140-2 Tunde Jegede - Departure - Tunde Jegede, Cello and Harp-Lute (Kora) - Triciom - TriCD 1001 Traditional Africa - Rezo a la Madre Tierra (Prayer to the Mother Earth) - Diana Baroni, Sapukái - Alpha Productions - 507 - (A*01) Fela Sowande - Nostalgia and Lullaby from "African Suite" - Strings of the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi, Conductor - CBC Records - SMCD 5135 - (C*01) Hale Smith - "March Moon" from "Beyond the Rim of the Day" - Darryl Taylor, Tenor, Maria Corley, Piano - Naxos - 8.559136 - (A*01) Lettie Alston - Echoes of the Spirit (2000) - Cederic D. Alston and Roderic S. Leon, Electronic Keyboards - Albany Records - TROY 439 2 - (A*01)
8:00am - 9:00am Jeff Scott - Titilayo - Imani Winds - Koch International Classics - KIC-CD-7661 - (K*01) Gyimah Labi - "Earthbeats" from "Six Dialects in African Pianism" - William Chapman Nyaho, Piano - MSR Recordings - MS1091 - (M*06) Adolphus Hailstork - Two Romances for Viola and Chamber Ensemble - The Virginia Chamber Players with Beverly Baker, viola - Albany Records - TROY 612 - (A*01) R. Nathaniel Dett - Ave Maria - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Clarion - CLR907CD Ulysses Kay - Round Dance and Polka from "Six Dances for String Orchestra" - Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen, Paul Freeman, conductor - VoxBox - CDX 5157 Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Grass: Poem for Piano, Strings & Percussion - Joseph Joubert, Piano, Chicago Sinfonietta, Paul Freeman, Conductor - Cedille Records - CDR 90000 087 - (Q*01)
9:00am - 10:00am Undine Smith Moore - We shall Walk Through the Valley - Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series os Minnesota, Philip Brunelle, conductor - Collins Classics - 11762 José Mauricio Nunes Garcia - "Laudate Dominum" - Ensemble Turicum, Luiz Alves da Silva, Conductor - K617 - K617131 William Grant Still - Symphony No. 3, "The Sunday Symphony" - The North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Carlton R. Woods, conductor - Cambria - CD-1060 David N. Baker - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1986) - Marcus Eley, Clarinet, Lucerne DeSa, Piano - Arabesque Recordings - Z6703
10:00am - 11:00am Tania León - "A La Par" (1986) - Kathleen Murray, Piano, Dane Richeson, Pervussion - CRI - 823 Dolores White - Crystal Gazing (1994) - Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor - Albany Records - 303 - (A*01) Howard Swanson - The Negro Speaks of Rivers - Odekhiren Amaize, Bass-Baritone, David Korevaar, Piano - MSR Recordings - MS1011 - Julius Eastman - - The Holy Presence of Joan D'Arc for Cello Ensemble (1981) - Cello Ensemble, Julius Eastman, conductor - New World Records - 80638 - (N*07) Margaret Bonds - The Negro Speaks of Rivers - Darryl Taylor, Tenor, Maria Corley, Piano - Naxos - 8.559136 - 
Links where to buy CD used in current show :
(A*01)...Arkiv Music (C*01)...Capstone Records (C*22)...CD Baby (K*01)...Koch Int.Records (M*06)... MSR Classics (N*07)...New World Records (Q*01)...Qualiton Imports LTD
Links to interesting websites: - to find more links go to: Classical Discoveries -
Interesting Musical Links - Early Music - 20 and 21-Century Composers - Performers - pageAfriClassical.com - Excellent Educational Web site devoted to the African Heritage in Classical Music Afrocentric Voices - African-American Composers The African-American Art Song Alliance Black Composers - Compiled by Richard Greene of Temple University Center for Black Music Research - Discography of Music by Black Composers THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT Center for the Promotion Contemporary Composers American Music Center International Alliance for Women in Music Goldberg - Great Magazine devoted to Early music
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