100 years ago, the 19th amendment for the U.S. Constitution was ratified, and women in this country finally won the right to vote. The determination and resilience of the suffragettes inspired future generations, and also inspired music. On today's show, we celebrate with music inspired by the women's suffrage movement.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-on (So They Say)
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Air and Ground
Sony 89100
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Texas Festival Orchestra; Linus Lerner, conductor
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Franz Liszt (arr. LAGQ): Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Lassan Friska
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Beaches Fine Series, St. Paul's By The Sea Church, Jacksonville, FL
Erik Satie (arr. Guy Livingston): Entr'acte
Guy Livingston, piano and percussion
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY
Hour 2
Ethel Smyth: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D Minor: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio
Chagall Trio: Lorenzo Nguyen, piano; Edoard Grieco, violin; Francesco Massimo, cello
The Impressions That Remain
Meridian NA
Ethel Smyth: The Prison (excerpts)
Sarah Brailey, soprano; Dashon Burton, bass-baritone; Experiential Orchestra & Chorus; James Blachly, conductor
Dame Ethel Smyth: The Prison
Chandos NA
Herman Paley, Alfred Bryan: She's Good Enough to Be Your Baby's Mother
Anna Chandler, soprano; unknown musicians
She's Good Enough To Be Your Baby's Mother (single)
Columbia Records A1950
Alexandre Desplat: Votes for Women from Suffragette Soundtrack
Studio Orchestra; Alexandre Desplat, conductor
Suffragette (the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Back Lot Music 0613
Virgil Thomson: The Mother of Us All Suite (excerpts)
The Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater Orchestra; Steven Osgood, conductor
The Mother of Us All
Albany Records NA
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