Monthly Archives: May, 2019

May 25 – 31: Words and Music

Published - May 25, 2019

“Music is a way “Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension.” – Cecilia Bartoli   It takes a particular skill to marry words and music. This episode features opera and art songs, from women whose output spans the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Fairy tales, historical figures, and love from afar. “Words and Music”   Pauline Viardot-Garcia:  Excerpts from “Cendrillon” Sandrine Piau, soprano (Cendrillon); Elizabeth Vidal, mezzo-soprano (Fairy Godmother); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; Nicholas Kok, conductor and pianist “Il Salotto, Vol. 3:  Cendrillon” Opera Rara 212 Thea Musgrave:  Excerpts from “Mary, Queen of Scots” Ashley Putnam,

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May 18-24, 2019: Women of Color – Composers, Part 3

Published - May 18, 2019

“By the time most musicians have completed their training and achieved a professional career, they have little to no exposure to and experience with women composers and composers of color.”  – Rob Deemer   This week we hear music from several women of color, composers from the early twentieth century to today.  Most of the names are unfamiliar, but their music is worth celebrating.   Women of Color: Composers, Part 3     Regina Harris Baiocchi:  Hold Out for Joy, from the opera “Gbeldahoven: No One’s Child” Victoria Ehrlich, cello; Josephine Gandolfi, piano; LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, vocals “Where Freedome Rings: Compositions by

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May 11-17, 2019: Inspiring Women: Teachers

Published - May 11, 2019

“A master can tell you what he expects of you.  A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.”  – Patricia Neal   On this episode, we honor the teachers, those who had a strong influence on the musicians and composers featured.  Teachers are so often in the background, guiding us along the way, never taking center stage, and sometimes unaware of the depths of their impact.   Inspiring Women: Teachers   Felix Mendelssohn:  Song Without Words Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano “Alisa Weilerstein, cello” EMI Classics 73498 Jessie Montgomery:  Banner Catalyst String Quartet Julian Wachner, conductor (studio orchestra) “Strum” Azica Records

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May 4 – 10, 2019: Elemental Music

Published - May 4, 2019

“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.”  – Sun Tzu   Earth, air, fire, and water.  Our understanding of the four elements has changed over the centuries.  Some revered them, seeking an understanding of their mystical properties.  Others tried to tame them, subdue them.  We’ve grown from a belief that everything in the world is made of just these four elements, to a modern scientific understanding of what the elements themselves are made of.  And still, they touch the artists’ heart, inspiring awe and creativity, and we’ll hear

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