Feminine Fusion

S5-05: Patchwork Quilt, Part XXIII

by Diane Jones

October 3, 2020

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ― Plato

Time for another Patchwork Quilt episode, and this week, we’re pulling music from the 12th century all the way into the present.

Patchwork Quilt XXIII:

Christopher Rouse:  Flute Concerto, Movement 2
Carol Wincenc, flute
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
“Symphony No. 2/Flute Concerto/Phaeton”
Telarc 80452

Paul Hindemith:  Sonata
Alice Giles, harp
“Especially”
Tall Poppies 213

Franz Schubert:  Death and the Maiden
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Patricia Kopatchinskaja, conductor
“Death and the Maiden”
Alpha 265

Hildegard of Bingen:  Spiritui sancto honor sit
Anonymous 4
“11,000 Virgins:  Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula”
Harmonia Mundi 907200

Clara Schumann:  Three Romances for Violin & Piano (excerpts)
Tasmin Little, violin
John Lenehan, piano
“Tasmin Little plays Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smythe & Amy Beach”
Chandos 20300

Florence Price:  Piano Concerto in One Movement
Karen Walwyn, piano
New Black Music Repertory Ensemble; Leslie B. Dunner, conductor
“Florence Price: Concerto in One Movement, Symphony in E minor”
Albany 1295

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