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Composer of the Week:Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

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1/5. As part of the BBC's celebration of Black History Month, Donald Macleod explores the life and times of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor , an unusual figure in Edwardian England. Young, black and from a poor background, he won the adulation of audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, particularly for his choral trilogy of epic proportions The Song of Hiawatha. This Is the Island of Gardens
Arthur Reckless (baritone) Ballade in D minor
Michael Ludwig (violin), Virginia Eskin (piano) Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor
Harold Wright , Hawthorne String Quartet
Producer Deborah Preston Repeated Sunday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Baritone:
Arthur Reckless
Violin:
Michael Ludwig
Violin:
Virginia Eskin
Unknown:
Harold Wright
Producer:
Deborah Preston
Source: Radio Times

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