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Compare & Contrast & Connection
Program: Lift Every Voice
Aired: Thursday, February 16, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Hosted by Joshua Hood
Josh introduces us to works by African-American composers that feature individual instruments. We compare how different composers use these instruments in their works and learn about the unique contributions they have made to the instrumental repertoire.
Repeats Sunday, 19 at 5 p.m.
Featured on this Episode:
William Grant Still: Suite for Violin and Piano (i. African Dancer)
Ulysses Kay: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Donal Fox: Duetto for Clarinet and Piano
Ulysses Kay: Pieta for English Horn and Strings (arr. For English Horn and piano)
Quincy Hilliard: Coty (i. Daybreak; iii. Dance)
Margaret Bonds: “Troubled Water”
H. Leslie Adams: Etude in c-sharp minor; Etude in a minor
Playlist
7 pm | |
| William Grant Still · Suite for Violin & Piano (i. African Dancer) Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano Decca B00338 78-0 "Randall Goosby - Roots" | |
| Ulysses Kay · Sonata for Bassoon and Piano Lecolion Washington, bassoon; Mark Ensley, piano Albany Records 1038 "Legacy - Works for Bassoon by African-American Composers" | |
| Donal Fox · Duetto for Clarinet and Piano Eric Thomas, clarinet; Donal Fox, piano New World Records 80423- 2 "Works by Anderson, Baker, Fox, Wilson" | |
| Ulysses Kay · Pieta Marissa Honda, english horn; Jasper Jimenez, piano private recording n/a | |
| Quincy Hilliard · Coty (i. Daybreak) Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano Sono Luminus 92156 "But Not Forgotten - Music by African-American Composers" | |
| Quincy Hilliard · Coty (iii. Dance) Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano Sono Luminus 92156 "But Not Forgotten - Music by African-American Composers" | |
| Margaret Bonds · Troubled Water (1967) Maria Corley, piano Albany Records 857 "Soulscapes - Piano Music by African American Women" | |
| H. Leslie Adams · Etude No. 11 in c# Maria Corley, piano Albany Records 639 "H. Leslie Adams: Twelve Etudes" | |
| H. Leslie Adams · Etude No. 3 in a Maria Corley, piano Albany Records 639 "H. Leslie Adams: Twelve Etudes" | |