Bach to BlackNotes

Pianist Kyle P. Walker presents Bach to BlackNotes, a program that connects the music of J.S. Bach to composers of the African diaspora. The program traces stylistic lineage and cultural dialogue across centuries, from Bach's Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major through works by Irene Britton Smith, Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins, Oswald Russell, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Margaret Bonds. Performed without intermission. I. J.S. Bach – Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 II. Irene Britton Smith – Passacaglia in C-sharp Minor III. Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins – The Battle of Manassas IV. Oswald Russell – Jamaican Dance No. 2, from Three Jamaican Dances V. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Take Nabandji, I'm Troubled in Mind, The Bamboula VI. Margaret Bonds – Troubled Water