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 today's show, the Aeolus Quartet performs the 'Quartet for Queen Mab' by Missy Mazzoli.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Isaac Albeniz, arr. Joseph Hagedorn: Iberia Book 1: No. 2. El puerto, arranged for guitar quartet
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet: Pictures at an Exhibition
GPS 1026
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Pacifica Quartet
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Piano Puzzler: Contestant is Ray Lancaster, Columbia Hill, SC
Stephen Goss: The Albeniz Concerto
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar; Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Hour 2
Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances: Allegretto
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Arnold for Band
Reference 66
Peter Meechan: Soliloquies From a Quiet Place
Ryan Anthony & Lens Lindemann, trumpets; Dallas Winds; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Hall, Dallas, TX
Missy Mazzoli: Quartet for Queen Mab
Aeolus Quartet
Victoria Bach Festival, Presidio La Bahia Chapel, Goliad, TX
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2: Movements 2 & 3
Stewart Goodyear, piano; Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Gateways Music Festival, Eastman Theatre, Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY
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