Black Music Spotlight (Week 2)

February 11, 2022, 8:30 am

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Edmond Dédé

WFMT host LaRob K. Rafael curates and presents music by Black composers; this week’s selections are by Joseph Bologne, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Edmond Dédé, Charles Lucien Lambert, and José Silvestre White Lafitte.

Shared at 8:30 am each weekday in February.

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Playlist

Monday, February 7

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonie Concertante in G, Op. 13
Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, violins; London Symphony Orchestra: Paul Freeman, conductor

Tuesday, February 8

José Maurício Nunes Garcia: Te Christe Solum Novimus
Agave Baroque

Wednesday, February 9

Edmond Dédé: Chicago, grande valse à l’Americaine
Hot Springs Music Festival: Richard Rosenberg, conductor

Thursday, February 10

Charles Lucien Lambert: Variations and Finale on Au clair de la lune
Yi-Chun Sunny Kuo, piano

Friday, February 11

José Silvestre White Lafitte: III. Finale, from Violin Concerto in F-Sharp
Aaron Rosand, violin; London Symphony Orchestra: Paul Freeman, conductor