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African-American Music Appreciation Month Playlist
June is African-American Music Appreciation Month (fka Black Music Month). We celebrate with a playlist by African, African-American, and other African descended composers. Featured artists and composers include the Chicago Sinfonietta, Rachel Barton Pine, Chicago a cappella, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Sanford Allen, and more. Happy listening!
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Acclaimed concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine, sought-after pianist Orion Weiss, and the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet join forces for their new album French Impressions: Chamber Music by Chausson & Tailleferre, celebrating captivating works by French composers Ernest Chausson and Germaine Tailleferre.
Dance of the Night Sky, Black Oak Ensemble‘s third album for Cedille, expands the boundaries of string trio repertoire by offering listeners a vibrant collection of contemporary works including four world-premiere recordings, all by British women composers.
We celebrate the 7/11 release of French Impressions, including Ernst Chausson’s Concert Op 21 for Violin, Piano & String Quartet (Rachel Barton Pine, Orion Weiss, Pacifica Quartet) with a set of pieces written or performed as sextets from throughout the Cedille catalog (tracks from French Impressions added 7/11).
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