Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Thomas Wilkins leads the BSO at Tanglewood, with music by Duke Ellington, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Jeff Midkiff is the soloist in his own Mandolin Concerto "From the Blue Ridge."

Castle of Our Skins celebrates 10 years of fostering Black music and cultural exploration in the Boston area with their debut album, "Homage: Chamber Music From Across the African Continent & Diaspora."

On WCRB In Concert with Mistral, early works by Felix Mendelssohn and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor form a vibrant counterpoint to the rich sonic landscape of Gabriel Fauré's Piano Trio, one of the composer's last pieces, on demand.

It doesn't take much to think back to your school days and remember how free you felt when summer was finally here. Classical music celebrates children's playtime.

The celebrated electric bassist is the soloist in his own concerto, "La Lección Tres," and the BSO's Thomas Wilkins conducts music from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's "Hiawatha" and Duke Ellington’s "The River."

WCRB In Concert features a Leonard Bernstein world premiere at Tanglewood and seaside chamber music from Cape Cod.

As Black History Month wraps up, we’re taking a look at some of the groundbreaking symphonies written by Black composers.