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This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' features music by composer Julia Wolfe.
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Extra Eclectic

Women composers bring the fire

Extra Eclectic - Sept. 25, 2024

On this episode of Extra Eclectic, composer Julia Wolfe’s Fire in My Mouth deals with the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, which took the lives of 146 factory workers — most of them young immigrant women. Its 2019 premiere came at a moment when tensions were flaring over issues of gender, labor, and immigrants’ rights. Host Steve Seel features a selection from the work in an hour devoted to contemporary women composers, which also showcases music by Meredith Monk, Paola Prestini, Gala Flagello and more. Listen now!

Playlist

Ophelia
Paola Prestini
Caitlin Sullivan, cello
New Amsterdam 113

Lace Machine
Elizabeth Kelly
Anna-Maria Helsing, conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra
2024 BBC Proms Proms at Nottingham

Burn as Brightly
Gala Flagello
Talla Rouge
Bright Shiny Things 202

Fire in My Mouth: Immigration
Julia Wolfe
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
New York Philharmonic
London/Decca 30845

Memory Game: Migration
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
Cantaloupe 21153

Sin Fronteras
Clarice Assad
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Chicago Sinfonietta

Opacity
Una Sveinbjarnardottir
Siggi String Quartet
Dorian 92232

Les Enfants Terribles: Lost
Philip Glass
Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos
DG 4875373

La Luce
Hania Rani
Scoring Berlin
Mari Samuelsen, violin
DG 4862097

Spark
Fuse & Gabriella Smith
Fuse
Fusemusic 2024

Calligraphy No. 16 “Isfahan”
Reza Vali
Fawzi Haimor, conductor
Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
Naxos 579150

Black Earth
Fazil Say
Inna Faliks, piano
Dorian 92277

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