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Voices of remarkable women

Extra Eclectic - Nov. 13, 2024

On the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel shares two hours of music by women composers. Highlights include Paola Presetini’s Code, which features pianist Awadagin Pratt, the orchestra A Far Cry and the choral group Roomful of Teeth, as well as Reena Esmail’s Black Iris — a work born of the #metoo movement — and Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s stirring Hear Us In Heaven.

Playlist

String Poetic: Nocturne
Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Koh, violin

Blueprint
Caroline Shaw
Aizuri Quartet
New Amsterdam 104

A Cage of Doves
Sally Beamish
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Bis 2156

Aghavni (Doves)
Mary Kouyoumdjian
Nicholas Phillips, piano
Panoramic 901

Black Iris
Reena Esmail
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Chicago Sinfonietta

Hear us in Heaven
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Hordur Askelsson, conductor
Schola Cantorum Reykjavik
Bis 2200

In Our Softening
Sophia Subbayya Vastek
Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano
SELF PROD 2022

Breathing Sunlight
Akshaya Avril Tucker
Talla Rouge
Bright Shiny Things 202

Song from the Uproar: This World Within Me Is Too Small
Missy Mazzoli
Jarkko Riihimaki, conductor
Berlin Free Orchestra
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano
DG 4860536

Code
Paola Prestini
A Far Cry Orchestra
Awadagin Pratt, piano
New Amsterdam 177

of memory and minutiae
Paula Matthusen
Jody Redhage, cello
New Amsterdam 31

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