More than a woman
Kate Molleson considers Florence Price’s later years and legacy, with pianist and author Samantha Ege.
Kate Molleson and Samantha Ege explore Florence Price’s later years and the music she left behind. To close the week, the pair delve into Price’s struggles for recognition, her encounters with musical gatekeepers, and the range of work she continued to produce. It includes music recovered after her death, and Ege’s own completion of Fantasie Nègre No. 3, raising questions about preservation, authorship and how Price’s legacy continues to take shape.
Resignation
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Baptiste Trotignon, piano
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major – III. Allegro
Randall Goosby, violin
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet Séguin, conductor
The Mississippi River – I–IV
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
John Jeter, conductor
Fantasie Nègre No. 3 in F minor
Samantha Ege, piano
Produced by Ellie Ajao for BBC Audio Wales and West.
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Florence Price
Resignation
Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Singer: Reginald Mobley.- ALPHA : ALPHA-936.
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Florence Price
Violin Concerto No.1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- DECCA : 485 423 4.
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Florence Price
The Mississippi River
Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Price: Symphony No. 3, The Mississippi River & Ethiopia's Shadow in America.
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Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 3 in F minor
Performer: Samantha Ege.- LORELT.
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- Fri 15 May 2026 16:00BBC Radio 3
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