Feminine Fusion

S08 Ep22: Snow on Snow

by Diane Jones

January 27, 2024

“There are many different images of snow, it’s forms and it’s movements.” – Joan Tower

In the heart of the north, in the heart of the winter, music inspired by the snow.

“Snow on Snow”

Linda Catlin Smith: Snowdrop
Thin Edge New Music Collective
“dark flower”
Red Shift Records

Lori Laitman, text by Mary Oliver:  Early Snow
Jennifer Check, soprano; Warren Jones, piano
“Becoming a Redwood: Songs of Lori Laitman”
Albany/Troy 865

Rosey Mei-Kuei Lee: Twenty-Four Solar Terms (excerpts)
Lauren Schack Clark, piano
“Piano Music by Rosey Mei-Kuei Lee”
Centaur 2908

Bernadette Speach: Angels in the Snow
Bernadette Speach, piano
“Reflections”
Mode 105

Joan Tower: Snow Dreams
Carol Wincenc, flute; Sharon Isbin, guitar
“Black Topaz”
New World Records 80470

Jacob Shea: Arctic Suite
Eldbørg Hemsing, violin
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor
“Arctic”
Sony Classical 19439936082

Run time: 58:29

Feminine Fusion highlights the roles of women in classical music.  Host Diane Jones brings you stories and music of the women who create, perform, and inspire.  Produced in the studios at WCNY-FM.