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Music Box

An hour of the best in classical music - Black History Month

A close up picture of a violin being played with a hand on the fret board and the bow playing the strings.
A close up picture of a violin being played with a hand on the fret board and the bow playing the strings.

Listen every Monday at 7pm, repeated Sunday at 7pm.

Sandra Gayer presents a programme of classical and modern music, spanning 500 years of breath-taking ideas.

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Music Box - 20 October

  1. A Real Slow Drag. Composer: Scot Joplin. Performed by Dwight Ransom, Curtis Rayam, Betty Allen, Ben Harney, Willard White, Cora Johnson, Dorceal Duckens, Carmen Balthrop, Kenneth Hicks, Edward Pierson and Raymond Bazemore led the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gunther Schuller
  2. Rehem. Performed by Mlimani Park Orchestra
  3. Selma. Composer: John Legend And Common. Performed by: John Legend And Common
  4. Black is Beautiful. Composer: Joseph Shabelalah. Performed by: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  5. Way by and By. Arranged by: Betty Jackson-King. Performed by: Nicole Mitchel
  6. Jinjeram. Performed by: Ngbanye Gbe Bukali
  7. Destiny’s Child Medley. Performed by Destiny’s Child.
  8. Stand and Sing of Zambia. Composer: Enoch Sontonga
  9. Martin Luther King speech. Composer: Selma Soundtrack
  10. Bloody Sunday. Composer: Selma Soundtrack
  11. The First Section Of Piano Concerto In One Movement. Composer: Florence B Price. Performed by: Karen Walwyn and The New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Conductor: Leslie B. Dunner

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