Join the hosts of Sounds Classical as they take a dive into the breadth of art-making during the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on the classical world. Discover how Margaret Bonds brought her connections to Langston Hughes with her to Chicago and much more!
Sounds like the Harlem Renaissance
Margaret Bonds
Playlist
Robert Nathaniel Dett: In the Bottoms
IV. Barcarolle – “Morning”
Clipper Erickson, p
Navona NV-6013
Traditional African-American Spiritual: My Lord, What a Morning
Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley
Seraphic Fire Media SFMCD15
Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige
“Come Sunday” (clip)
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Naxos 8.559737
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 3 “Sunday”
IV. “Day’s End and a New Beginning”
North Arkansas Sym Orch/Carlton Woods
Cambria CD-1060
William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
III. Finale – “O, Le’ Me Shine, Shine like a Morning Star!”
Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Chandos CHAN-9226
Florence Price: Song to the Dark Virgin
Reginald Mobley, ct; Henry Lebedinsky, p
Acis APL-20445
Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Robert Honeysucker, br; Vivian Taylor, p
Koch 3-7247-2
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 in C minor
III. “Juba”
Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
DG 4861900
