Poster Composer Missy Mazzoli
Composer Missy Mazzoli
Photo by Marylene Mey / Courtesy of the artist
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From the "Quartet" bin

A sheet music store in New York City used to separate music with dividers, one of which was labeled "Women Composers." Composer Missy Mazzoli simply removed that divider. She says that if she writes an opera, she wants it to be shelved with the operas, not in the "Ladies' bin." On this episode of Performance Today, the Aeolus Quartet performs the 'Quartet for Queen Mab' by Missy Mazzoli.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

The Hands Free: Kellam's Reel/Rusty Gully
The Hands Free: James Moore, guiltar and banjo; Caroline Shaw, violin; Nathan Koci, accordion; Eleonore Oppenheim, bass
The Hands Free
New Amsterdam 100

Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte for String Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Scott Hollopeter from Grand Planc, MI

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 2
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 and 33, Divertimenti
Sony 8182

Hour 2

Alberto Ginastera: Ollantay, Op. 17: Movement 1
BBC Philarmonic Orchestra; Juanjo Mena, conductor
Ginastera Orchestral Works: Vol. 1
Chandos 10884

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3
Anna Han, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Hall, Columbia, SC

Missy Mazzoli: Quartet for Queen Mab
Aeolus Quartet
Victoria Bach Festival, Presidio La Bahia Chapel, Goliad, TX

Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (excerpts)
Cincinnati May Festival Chorus & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Juanjo Mena, conductor
Cincinnati May Festival, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

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