Poster Missy Mazzoli
Composer Missy Mazzoli is the featured artist on this week's episode of 'Extra Eclectic.'
Caroline Tompkins
Extra Eclectic

Missy Mazzoli is on a celestial wavelength

Extra Eclectic - August 09, 2023

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel features awesome women, starting off with Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres). She describes the piece as the sound of "a hurdy-gurdy, flung recklessly into space." It's part of a full slate of music by women, including Anna Clyne, Errollyn Wallen and Judith Weir. Listen now.

Episode Playlist

Between Worlds
Carlos Simon
Songs for Our Times
Amaryn Olmeda, violin
4:29

Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Missy Mazzoli
Atmospheriques Vol. 1
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Bjarnason, conductor
9:10

Prisms, Cycles, Leaps
Derrick Skye
Prisms, Cycles, Leaps
Bridge to Everywhere
14:08

Rio de las mariposas
Gabriela Ortiz
Ortiz: Aroma foliando
Southwest Chamber Music
9:22

The Big House: Sunshine choir
Oliver Leith
Big House
Ruisi Quartet
6:00

Darknesse Visible
Thomas Ades
Darknesse Visible
Inon Barnatan, piano
7:40

Nautilus
Anna Meredith
Nuc
Ligeti Quartet
4:55

Everyone Sang
Helen Grime
Helen Grime: Night Songs
Halle Orchestra
Jamie Phillips, conductor
10:13

Chorale
Errollyn Wallen
Timelapse
Orchestra of the Swan
5:00

fragile
Judith Weir
Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs
William Howard, piano
3:10

Dance
Anna Clyne
Clyne: Dance - Elgar: Cello Concerto
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Inbal Segev, cello
24:57

Ubi Caritas
Roxanna Panufnik
Celestial Dawn
Pembroke College Girls' Choir
Anna Lapwood, conductor
Owen Saldanha, piano
4:06

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