Feminine Fusion

S5-09: Circle Round

by Diane Jones

October 31, 2020

Anonymous 4

“I love ensemble work.  I love making pieces and building things together.”  – Uzo Aduba

In performance, of course, ensembles face the audience.  But in rehearsal, the performers will sometimes sit in a circle, playing toward one another.  That brings an intimacy and connectedness that brings the music to a whole new level.  This week, all female ensembles circle round to play music that crosses the centuries.

Circle Round

Anonymous, Montpellier Codex:  Dame, que je n’os noumer
Anonymous 4
“Love’s Illusion”
Harmonia Mundi 907109

Leonard Bernstein:  West Side Story Suite
Eroica Trio
“An American Journey”
EMI Classics 7351

Johann Melchoir Molter:  Concerto Pastorale
La Pietá; Angéle Dubeau, violin/director
“Noel”
Analekta 28730

Bianca Maria Meda:  Ardete
Capella Artemesia
“Rosa Mistica”
Tactus 600003

Brahms, arr. by Genghis Barbie:  Genghis Lullaby
Genghis Barbie
“Genghis Baby: Songs for Noa”
CD Baby

Charles Joseph & Janelle Monae Robinson:  57821
Genghis Barbie
“Genghis Barbie”
CD Baby

Aaron Jay Kernis:  Musica Celestis (excerpt)
Lark Quartet
“Aaron Jay Kernis: Symphony in Waves, String Quartet (‘musica celestis’)”
Argo 436287

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