women composers – Growing Fins v. 3.7

August 10, 2024August 10, 2024

Dancing With Euterpe 10/08/2024

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans — Park Jiha Bandcamp link: https://parkjiha.bandcamp.com/album/the-gleam Info about the composer: http://parkjiha.com/ Polyphony for Voices — Eliza Bagg (Lisel) More info: https://www.elizabagg.com/ How to Resurrect a Loved One’s Voice — Ellis Ludwig-Leone (composer) Performed by:Ellis Ludwig-Leone; Eliza Bagg; Attaca Quartet Music for 18 Musicians — Steve Reich Performers: (liner notes … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 10/08/2024

March 24, 2024

Dancing with Euterpe 24/03/2024 (part two)

Coalescence — Dani Howard Performers: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Conductor: Vasily Petrenko) Aeriality — Anna Þorvaldsdóttir Nocturne — Lili Boulanger Performers: Ewan Millar (Oboe), Tomos Boyles (piano) Sonata for Viola and Piano — Rebecca Clarke Performers: Karin Wolf (Viola) Yuko Ellinger (Piano) Continue reading Dancing with Euterpe 24/03/2024 (part two)

February 29, 2024

Dancing With Euterpe 29/02/2024

Passacaglia on an Old English Tune — Rebecca Clarke Viola: Amber ArchibaldPiano: Jamie Namkung Voice With Gongs — Odeya Nini “L’amante consolato” (Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2) — Barbara Strozzi Countertenor: Jakub Józef Orliński Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet 2 (Canzonetta) — Phyllis Tate Berceuse (from The Dolly Suite, op. 56) — Gabriel Fauré … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 29/02/2024

August 5, 2023August 5, 2023

Dancing With Euterpe 05/08/2023

Cosmic Breath for Wind Quintet — Dai Fujikura Junge Deutsche Philharmonie performers:Yeohin Jang, flutePatrícia Pinheiro, oboeJoshua Dahlmanns, clarinetMarie-Luise Haas, bassoonJuhye Kim, horn Pinocchio: IX. Il Gatto e la Volpe — Alexander Litvinovsky This has been living rent-free in my head since I first heard it a couple of weeks or so ago. Love it! Performers: … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 05/08/2023

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023

Dancing With Euterpe 09/07/2023

Since I’m no longer using this title for music-learning posts, I’ll use it to archive the classical/new music I share on Masto. “Voices Shouting Out” — Nkeiru Okoye Performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Thomas Wilkins) Symphony no. 3 in C. Minor — Florence Price Sentiments in Emptiness by Firas Zreik A Palestinian composer, … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 09/07/2023

March 4, 2023July 9, 2023

Dancing With Euterpe 04/03/2023

Tousles — Seaming To Lumières — Alexandra Stréliski In Transit — Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet Song for Maria — Laura Snowden Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 04/03/2023

February 14, 2023July 9, 2023

Dancing With Euterpe 14/02/2023

Something for the 13th Watermaidens Day, and in anticipation of my releasing my debut novel WATERMAIDENS in March 2023, set partially in an alternate-world Venice, and partially in on the island-nation of Yrejveree, surrounded by the Sea of Exiles. I went down a classical music history rabbithole finding out more about women composers from Venice. … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 14/02/2023

February 19, 2022April 12, 2022

Saturday Soiree part 2 19/02/2022

Been listening to so much amazing new (and classical) music that this needed two separate posts. Bagatelle no. 1 — William Walton (performed by Sean Shibe at the Concertgebouw) The Strange World of Spiders — Laura Snowden I’m such a Laura Snowden fangirl, lol. Delighted with this new composition! The Whale Song — Michelle Ross … Continue reading Saturday Soiree part 2 19/02/2022

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022

Saturday Soiree 19/02/2022

String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor — Florence Price (performed by Maria Ioudenitch, Grant Houston, Sarah Darling and Francesca McNeely of the New England Conservatory) One of the very late to the party listeners finally clued into what a great composer Florence Price was. Very inspirational. And this String Quartet is really beautiful, with … Continue reading Saturday Soiree 19/02/2022

January 22, 2022

Saturday Soiree 22/01/2022

Shiver — Danielle Eva Schwob (performed by Ashley Jackson on harp, Natalie Joachim on Flute, and Simon Boyar on Vibraphone) via I Care If You Listen. Triptych for Soprano and Orchestra, Part 1 — Wong Chee Yean (performed by Ang Mei Foong, soprano and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, words from a Wong Phui Nam poem) … Continue reading Saturday Soiree 22/01/2022

January 16, 2022

Sunday Serenade 16/01/2022

Sonata in D Minor K.141 — Domenico Scarlatti (performed by Martha Argerich) Miroirs, M.43: IV. Alborada del Gracioso — Maurice Ravel (performed by Bertrand Chamayou) Barcarolle, Op, 28, No. 1 — Amy Beach (performed by Yifan Yin) Danse Rythmique — Ida Presti (Performed by Cinzia Milani) Valse no. 1 — Kiem Nguyen (performed by Thu … Continue reading Sunday Serenade 16/01/2022

August 8, 2020August 10, 2020

Saturday Soiree 08/08/2020

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here. I’ve been too overwhelmed by life and deadlines. Today’s Saturday Soiree is inspired by the heat wave. It makes me want to listen to music that’s the equivalent of shards of ice and crystal with slabs of obsidian thrown in here and there, evoking cold, wind and the … Continue reading Saturday Soiree 08/08/2020