Florence Price (1887-1953): "Dances in the Canebrakes" for orchestra (1953) 

Which orchestra? :)

Heard it on KSJN this afternoon.

Same here WQXR in NYC

Heard this morning on KBSU - so lovely .

KDFC in SF Bay Area

Thank you!

chenlaoding I went last night and had to come listen to it again too!

@@glamtastic Same here. Wish it were on cd.

@@elizabethrogers8306 It's not the orchestrated version, but the original piano edition is on a CD performed by Althea Waites. It's on RU-vid; hopefully it's more widely available in hard copy as well.

This is FROM a recording called "Project W"

Because Florence Price was not only a woman, but a BLACK woman, born in the Jim Crow South. She was the first AA woman to have an orchestral piece played by a major orchestra. She was also highly awarded. Many gorgeous pieces written by AA composers are finally being dug out of dank corners and brought to light for the first time - literally, in the case of Price. Per Wikipedia, "In 2009 [nearly 60 years after her death], a substantial collection of her works and papers was found in her abandoned summer home." Who knows how many works were cavalierly destroyed without ever being shared with a public audience?

Reminds me of the kids in high school who used to say Twisted Sister was as good as Beethoven. They of course had never really listened to Beethoven either.

Yes, it has been recorded, on the CD entitled "Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers", performed by the Chicago Sinfonietta and released on the label Cedille. Here is the link: www.amazon.com/Project-Works-Diverse-Women-Composers/dp/B07NF3M3BD

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