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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