Feminine Fusion
August 17 – 23, 2019: Summer Heat
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August 17, 2019
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines”
– William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
It’s August, and we are well past the Summer Solstice and looking toward the Fall. Before the seasons turn, though, let’s take a listen to music of the Summer.
“Summer Heat”
Elena Kats-Chernin: Deep Sea Dreaming
Gondwana Voices; Lyn Williams, conductor
Sally Whitwell, piano
“Dreamings”
ABC Classics 4769093
Judith Lang Zaimont: Piano Trio No. 1 “Russian Summer”
Peter Winograd, violin; Peter Wyrick, cello; Joanne Polk, piano
“Judith Lang Zaimont”
Sorel Classics 003
Thea Musgrave: The Seasons: IV. Summer
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
“Musgrave: Memento Vitae, Helios, Night Music & The Seasons”
NMC 074
Lena Johnson McLin: A Summer Day
Helen Walker-Hill, piano
“Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women”
Leonarda 339
Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Orchestra of St. Luke’s; David Zinman, conductor
“Dawn Upshaw – Knoxville: Summer of 1915”
Nonesuch 79187
Amy Cheney Beach: Farewell Summer & Dancing Leaves, Op. 102
Kirsten Johnson, piano
“Amy Beach: Piano Music, Vol. 3”
Guild 7351
Run time: 58:29
Feminine Fusion highlights the roles of women in classical music. Host Diane Jones brings you stories and music of the women who create, perform, and inspire. Produced in the studios at WCNY-FM.
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