Feminine Fusion
S10 Ep16: Words and Music for the Winter Solstice
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December 20, 2025
“I do know there’s no need to apologize
for my own gladness, today,
midwinter, that has no
apparent cause in the daylight cast
from the sun.” – “Midwinter” by Nadia Colburn
It’s something different for the winter solstice – a pairing of words and music, all by women. Enjoy these works and poems. (complete list of poems at the end of this post.)
“Words and Music for the Winter Solstice”
Sylvia Woods: Winter Bells
Sylvia Woods, harp
“3 Harps for Christmas”
Tonmeister 1226
Rebecca Dale: Winter
Voces8
“Winter”
Decca 4830968
Judith Bingham: The Darkness is No Darkness
Voces8
“Winter”
Decca 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, arranger: Lully, Lulla (Coventry Carol)
juice
“Snow Queens”
Resonus Classics 10224
Sarah Dacey: Down in Yon Forest
juice
“Snow Queens”
Resonus Classics 10224
Poetry featured in this episode:
“Snowy Night” by Mary Oliver
“Midwinter” by Nadia Colburn
“West Wind in Winter” by Alice Meynell
“As if some little Arctic flower” by Emily Dickinson
“I Sought the Wood in Winter” by Willa Cather
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.
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