All the World's Fair's a stage

Available for 29 days

Kate Molleson focuses on Florence Price at a moment when her music was reaching its widest audience, from major orchestral performances to high profile cultural events in Chicago. Centring on the World’s Fair, the programme traces the concerts, pageants and collaborations through which Price’s work circulated during the 1930s, and the prominence she achieved amid the social and political realities of the period. String Quartet in G major – II. Andante moderato Catalyst Quartet Symphony No. 1 in E minor – III. Juba Dance The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Fantasie Nègre No. 4 in B minor Samantha Ege, piano Piano Concerto in One Movement – Adagio cantabile Jeneba Kanneh Mason, piano Chineke! Orchestra Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Sympathy Louise Toppin, soprano Jay Pierson, piano John O’Brien, piano My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord Marian Anderson, contralto The Oak Apo Hsu, conductor The Women’s Philharmonic Produced by Ellie Ajao for BBC Audio Wales and West.