International Women's Day Music #1

Four classical composers -

Lili Boulanger - D'un soir triste

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra · Yan Pascal Tortelier

Kaija Saariaho - Misterioso, from Nymphea Reflection

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel - Sonata in C minor

Piano Sonata in C Minor: I. Allegro moderato e con espressione · Heather Schmidt
Mendelssohn-Hensel, F.: Piano Sonatas in C and G minor
℗ 2010 Naxos

Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, op.7: Third Movement, Allegro non troppo

This is part one of the many posts I will be posting this Monday.

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Good Morning

I.W.D Music #2

Music every hour as they say - well almost -

Maria Szymanowska - Nocturne in A-Flat Major, La Murmure

Florence Price - Nimble Feet

Margaret Bonds - Dream Variation (from Three Dream Portraits)

Anna Meredith - Moonmoons

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Monday At The Movies - I.W.D Music #3

Female film composers -

Shirley Walker - Ski Mask Vigilante

Mica Levi - Monos

Elisabeth Lutyens - The Skull; End Titles

Pinar Toprak - Captain Marvel

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I.W.D Music #4

Ladies of electronica -

Michele Mercure - Rhythm of Life

Pauline Anna Strom - Mushroom Trip

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Remembering

I have featured all these three women, composers/ artists, before and yes have CDs by them.

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I.W.D Music #5

And now for the jazzers -

Geri Allen Trio - Dark Prince (For Wallace)

Alice Coltrane ft. Pharoah Sanders - Journey In Satchidananda

Jamie Branch Fly Or Die - Nuevo Roquero Estéreo

Susie Ibarra Trio - Jagged Threads

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I.W.D Music #6

Finally, live recordings from YouTube -

Jaimie Branch’s FLY or DIE quartet | Vision Festival 23

Jaimie Branch's FLY or DIE quartet perform compositions from their self-titled debut record. Performed and recorded on May 28, 2018, at Arts for Art Vision Festival 23, Roulette, Brooklyn.

Jaimie Branch - trumpet, composition / Lester St. Louis - cello / Chad Taylor - drums / Anton Hatwich - bass

Susie Ibarra and Roberto J. Rodriguez - Concerto Electric Kulintan

Susie Ibarra and Roberto J. Rodriguez: Concerto Electric Kulintan - Teatro Fondamenta Nuove - Venezia - Italy

I have actually seen Susie Ibarra live way back in the 2000s in one of the yearly L.M.C (London Musicians Collective) festivals. of free jazz, improv and such cross-pollination.

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I.W.D Music #7

Like Arnie, I'm back - with more female lead music -

Elena Kats‐Chernin - Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

Emily Remler - Catwalk

Carla Bley - One Banana

ECM/Watt
Album: The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007)
Carla Bley

Carla Bley - piano
Paolo Fresu - trumpet, flugelhorn
Andy Sheppard - soprano and tenor saxophones
Steve Swallow - bass
Billy Drummond - drums

(I just love her music - jazz in the third stream)

Barbara Strozzi - Che si può fare

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1665).

Che si può fare.
Raquel Andueza, soprano.
Jesús Fernández Baena, tiorba.
Imágenes: Edward Hopper (1882-1967)


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I.W.D Music #8

This is the very last post to do with the International Women's Day movement.

So, here is another batch of less well-known artists -

Dobrinka Tabakova - Double Piano Concerto [Together Remember to Dance]

Composed for the 2017 premiere in Holland given by the Jussen brothers and followed by a number of repeat performances. This was the first appearance of the work in Britain 2018.

1 Together
2 Remember @ 6.30
3 Dance @ 15:00

Peggy Glanville-Hicks - Tragic Celebration (1964)

Ruth Gibbs - Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 34: I. Allegro moderato

Conductor: Charles Peebles
Artist: Murray McLachlan
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer: Ruth Gipps

( Background info on Sussex lass Ruth Gibbs )

Well as Ruth was born in Sussex here is another lass from the same county next to Kent - and well known in folk circles -


Shirley Collins - Wondrous Love

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Just Wondering

When was the last time you made bread?

If you could have your own personal bench any place in the world, where would it be?

Are you a fan of magic acts?

Why Do I Never Get These Tiles?

Good Night