Women composers: classical, jazz and contemporary. Producer and host: Patricia Werner Leanse.
Works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Juliana Hall, Aftab Darvishi,
Julia Wolfe [pictured], Dobrinka Tabakova, Judith Shatin & Belle Chen.
Playlist:
- Fanny Mendelssohn (Germany, 1805–1847) – November (1847), from Das Jahr, for solo piano.
- Juliana Hall (West Virginia, 1958) – Ripe Corn and November (1990), from the song cycle Theme in Yellow; art songs.
- Aftab Darvishi (Iran/Netherlands, 1987) – Plutone (2016), for electronic instruments.
- Julia Wolfe (Pennsylvania, 1958) – The States (2009), from Steel Hammer, for three sopranos and chamber ensemble.
- Dobrinka Tabakova (Bulgaria/UK, 1980) – Simple Prayer for Complex Times (2020), for solo piano.
- Judith Shatin (New York, 1949) – Grito del Corazon (2001), for saxophone, percussion and electronics.
- Belle Chen (Taiwan/Australia, 1988) – Blue Grotto (2024), for piano and electronics.
