“Who Got Next?”: Black Composers of the 21st Century

February 9, 2024, 8:00 pm

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From left to right: Daniel Kidane, Gretchen Yanover, Xavier Foley, and Jasmine Barnes

In the past decade, names like William Grant Still, Florence Price, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor have taken the classical world by storm and finally gotten the recognition they’ve deserved. However, in this episode of Sounds Classical, LaRob and Kristina showcase the composers “who got next!” These are composers have been active in the last 20 years, evolving the genre as we know it, including Daniel Kidane, Xavier Foley, Jasmine Barnes, and Gretchen Yanover.

Playlist

Xavier Foley: “Shelter Island”
Randall Goosby, v; Xavier Foley, db
Decca
B0033878-02

Stewart Goodyear: “Callaloo”
III. Ballad
Stewart Goodyear, p; Chineke! Orch/Wayne Marshall
Orchid Classics
ORC-100100

Daniel Kidane: “Aria Antica”
Hyeyoon Park, v; Benjamin Grosvenor, p
NMC
DL-3036

Jasmine Barnes:”Taking Names”
Karen Slack, s; Yoko Greeney, p
Navona
NV-6456

Caitlin Edwards:”Intro”
Caitlin Edwards, v; Cremaine Booker, vc & p
Caitlin Edwards
Exhale

Gretchen Yanover:”The Story of an Embrace”
Gretchen Yanover, vc’s
Gretchen Yanover
2021

Lawren Brianna Ware: “Ascension”
Amernet String Quartet
MSR Classics
MS-1685

Hannah Kendall: “The Spark Catchers”
Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei
NMC
NMCD-250