Tag: repertoire
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Monday Link Round Up: March 1, 2021
News and music to start your week – and happy Women’s History Month! Join us throughout the month of March as we highlight works that deserve to be heard more often. Follow along on Twitter: @WomensPhil Learn about the rising composer Hannah Kendall (pictured above) and the U.S. Premiere of Kanashibari with the Seattle Symphony…
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Monday Link Round Up: May 11, 2020
News and music to start your week! Belated Happy Mother’s Day greetings! Continue the celebration with Classical FM’s recommendations for music to honor mothers – including works by Amy Beach, Rebecca Dale (pictured above), Roxanna Panufnik, and Rachel Bruerville. In the ultimate age of at-home listening, Opera News shared 10 Essential Works By Women Composers…
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Quinn Mason on Vítězslava Kaprálová
Once again, we are happy to welcome Quinn Mason (fresh from his Seattle conducting debut) as Guest Blogger! He offers his insights on Vítězslava Kaprálová, in particular two of her orchestral works, Rustic Suite (1938) and Military Sinfonietta (1936-1937). Vítězslava Kaprálová Brief biographical sketch Vítězslava Kaprálová was born in Brno on January 24, 1915, the…
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2019-2020 Season Follow Up
We recently posted our initial findings for the data we collected from the 2019-2020 season, and have received many comments and questions, and I’ll answer as many as I can! We were asked was any composer besides Beethoven had more works performed than the total number of works by women composers. The short answer is…