Feminine Fusion
S09 Ep28: Groundbreakers
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March 8, 2025
Orin O’Brien
“Music is the superlative expression of life experience, and woman by the very nature of her position is denied many of the experiences that colour the life of man.” Amy Cheney Beach
In everything we do, there has to be someone who does it first. This week, a look at the groundbreakers, women in classical music who were “the first.”
“Groundbreakers”
Henryk Wieniawski: Capriccio-Valse
Maud Powell, violin
Arthur Loesser, piano
“The Art of Maud Powell, Vol. 2”
Maud Powell 2
Gunther Schuller: Quartet for Double Basses
Orin O’Brien, double bass
Robert Gladstone, Frederick Zimmerman, Alvin Brehm – double bass
“Music for the Underdogs of the Orchestra”
GM Recordings 2004
Claude Debussy: Claire de Lune
Anna Lelkes, harp
“Debussy and Chill”
PMI Collins Classics 11262
Nicolai Miaskovsky: Two Pieces for String Orchestra
Veronika Dudarova, conductor
Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Soloists Ensemble
“Music of the First October Years”
Olympia 170
Amy Cheney Beach: Gaelic Symphony (excerpt)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Krueger, conductor
“Our Musical Past, Vol. 4”
Library of Congress 105
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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