Feminine Fusion

S08 Ep51: O, Canada! Part 3

by Diane Jones

August 17, 2024

“Colors and tonality are two attractive resources to me: they form certain mental images that connect to audiences in a very basic way.” – Alice Ping Yee Ho

Let’s travel north and hear some of the music being written by these wonderful Canadian composers.

“O Canada! Part 3”

Vivian Fung:  Pizzicato for String Quartet
Ying Quartet
“Dim Sum”
Telarc 80690

Alice Ping Yee Ho:  Four Seasons Ballade
Véronique Mathieu, violin; Stephanie Chua, piano
“Invocation”
Navona 6531

Rea Beaumont:  Pacific Northwest Set
Rea Beaumont, piano
“Enjoy the Journey”
Shrinking Planet Productions

Rebecca Bruton:  The Faerie Ribbon
Quatour Bozzini; junctQín keyboard collective
“a root or mirror, blossom, madder, cracks; together”
DAME

Lynn Harting-Ware: Variations on O Canada!
Lynn Harting-Ware, guitar
“Americas”
Acoma 5736

Run time:  58:30

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.