Feminine Fusion

S09 Ep01: Black and White, Part 3

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“Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.” – Wassily Kandinsky

 

Today we listen to piano music performed or composed by women.  It’s all there in black and white!

“Black and White, Part 3”

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:  Notturno in G minor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
“Mendelssohn”
Decca

Edvard Grieg:  Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Margarita Höhenrieder, piano
“Northern Lights”
Solo Musica

Anton Diabelli:  Theme
Lydia Kakabadse:  Variation on a Theme by Diabelli
John Lenahan, piano
“KEFI”
Divine Art 21129

Sanja Drakulić:  Drive
Amier Xhakoviq, piano
“The Balkan Piano, Volume One”
Toccata Classics 0034

Clarice Assad:  Godai, the Five Elements for Speaking Pianist
Inna Faliks, piano
“Manuscripts Don’t Burn”
Sono Luminus

Maria Narodytska:  After
Maria Narodytska, piano
“War Poems”
Somm 0689

Regina Harris Baiocchi:  Piano Poems
Sarah Cahill, piano
“The Future is Female, Vol. 3: At Play”
First Hand Records 133

 

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.

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