Saturday Night at the Opera playlist for 01/21/2012

Program: 
Saturday Night at the Opera
  • Scott Joplin
-
Treemonisha
from
  • The Houston Grand Opera Production; Gunther Schuller, director
(
  • Deutsche Grammophon
)
  • William Grant Still
-
And They Lynched Him on a Tree
from
  • The Ensemble Singers, Chorus, and Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota and the Leigh Music Chorale; Philip Brunelle, conductor
(
  • Collins
)
  • William Grant Still
-
Wailing Woman
from
  • The Ensemble Singers, Chorus, and Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota and the Leigh Music Chorale; Philip Brunelle, conductor; Yolanda Williams, soprano
(
  • Collins
)
  • William Grant Still
-
Song for the Lonely
from
  • Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano; Georgia Akst, piano
(
  • Orion
)
  • William Grant Still
-
Songs of Separation: Idolatry, Poeme, Parted, If You Should Go, A Black Pierrot
from
  • Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano; Georgia Akst, piano
(
  • Orion
)
  • William Grant Still
-
Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
from
  • Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
(
  • Naxos
)
A look at two prominent African-American composers from the early 20th century: Scott Joplin and William Grant Still
Department: 
Classical