Feminine Fusion

S06 Ep15: Snow Falling

by Diane Jones

December 11, 2021

“The merry sleigh-bells with soothing power
Shed gladness on the evening hour.”
– Susanna Moodie, “The Sleigh-Bells”

If you live in the north, you know that winter is definitely here.  Snow is crunching underfoot, and the cold takes your breath away.  The winter landscape looks as though it came straight out of an Andrew Wyeth painting.  In honor of the winter season we have works written by women, performed by women, and conducted by women.

Snow Falling:

Sylvia Woods:  Winter Bells
Sylvia Woods, harp
“3 Harps for Christmas”
Tonmeister 1226

Rebecca Dale:  Winter
Voces8
“Winter”
Decca Classics 4830968

Judith Bingham:  The Darkness is No Darkness
Voces8
“Winter”
Decca Classics 4830968

I’lana Sandra Cotton:  Music for Midwinter
Max Lifchitz, piano
“American Women Composers”
North/South 1043

Barbara Benary:  Sun on Snow
Downtown Ensemble
“Sun on Snow”
New World Records 80646

Anna Snow:  Lully, Lulla (Coventry Carol)
juice
“Snow Queens”
Resonus Classics 10224

Emily Hall:  4.05
juice
“Snow Queens”
Resonus Classics 10224

Run time:  58:30

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.