WFMT host LaRob K. Rafael curates and presents music by Black composers; this week’s selections are by William L. Dawson, Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore, and Fela Sowande.
Shared at 8:30 am each weekday in February.
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Traditional (arr. William L. Dawson): “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
Mavis Martin, soprano; St. Olaf Choir: Anton Armstrong, conductor
Florence Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint No. 5
Apollo Chamber Players
Florence Price (arr. William Grant Still): Dances in the Canebreaks
Chicago Sinfonietta: Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Undine Smith Moore: Afro-American Suite
Mallarmé Chamber Players
Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo “Fela” Sowande: African Suite
London Symphony Orchestra: Paul Freeman, conductor