Feminine Fusion

S08 Ep17: Hearth and Home

by Diane Jones

December 23, 2023

“Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.” – Mary Oliver

Music of the season, of snows and Christmas night.  Composed and performed by women.

“Hearth and Home”

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

Kerry Andrew:  Apples, Plums, Cherries
juice
“Snow Queens”
Resonus Classics 10224

Traditional, arr. Anna Snow:  Lully, Lullay (Coventry Carol)
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“Snow Queens”
Resonus Classics 10224

Sarah Dacey:  Down in Yon Forest
juice
“Snow Queens”
Resonus Classics 10224

Larysa Kuzmenko:  Gloria
Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont
“Tapestry of Song”
Independent

Dobrinka Tabakova: Of a rose sing we
The Choir of Merson College Oxford; Benjamin Nicholas, director
“On Christmas Night: Carols from Merton”
Delphian 34324

Traditional, arr. René Schiffer, Tina Bergmann, Jeannette Sorrell: Cold Frosty Morning/Old Christmas/Breakin’ Up Christmas
Apollos’ Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
“Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain”
Avie 2396

Lucy Walker:  The Christmas Life
St. Martin’s Voices; Andrew Earis, director
“A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas”
Resonus Classics 10328

Reena Esmail:  A Winter Breviary
St. Martin’s Voices; Andrew Earis, director
“A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas”
Resonus Classics 10328

Traditional: As I Lay on Yoolis Night
Anonymous 4
“On Yoolis Night”
Harmonia Mundi 907099

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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.