Women composers: classical, jazz and contemporary. Producer and host: Patricia Werner Leanse. An hour with Elena Firsova (Russia, 1950)
Elena Firsova (Russia, 1950) .
Performers are Maacha Deubner, soprano. Katia Tschemberdji, piano.
Ehrengard von Gemmingen, cello & members from the Kapmodern-Ensemble.
1. From the Voronezh Notebooks (2009), cantata for soprano and string quartet:
(Prelude, Grens, A Cat, The Sky, Into the Sky, Madness).
2. Sorrows (Tristia II) (2013), for soprano and cello – dedicated to Maacha Deubner (who sings here with Timothy Posner on cello).
3. Starry flute (1992), monolgue for solo flute – dedicated to Aurele Nicolet performed by Betinna Lange (flute).
4. Towards the starlight (2017), for soprano and string quartet:
(I hate the starlight’s; How slow the horses go; To read only children’s books).
5. For Slava (2007/2018), for double bass – dedicated to the memory of Mstislav Rostropovich performed by Tobias Lampelzammer (double bass).
