Poster Gabriela Montero
This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' features music by Gabriela Montero.
Photo: Anders Brogaard
Extra Eclectic

Women are composing the future

Extra Eclectic - March 20, 2024

Women’s History Month is not only an opportunity to celebrate the maverick musical women who created the foundation for change, but the women who are creating our musical present — and driving music into the future! On this episode of Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel brings us two more hours of amazing female composers, from Gabriela Montero to Meredith Monk, Andrea Tarrodi to Allison Loggins-Hull, and more.

Playlist

A Certain Age: Best of It
Kamala Sankaram
Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano
UNCSA Media 2023

A Certain Age: Wild Thing
Kamala Sankaram
Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano
UNCSA Media 2023

The Nightingale
Andrea Tarrodi
Simon Crawford-Phillips, conductor
Vasteras Sinfonietta
dB Productions 196

Passage
Meredith Monk
Vocal Ensemble
Meredith Monk, voice
ECM 2026

We Will Sing One Song
Eve Beglarian
Apollo Chamber Players
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Azica 71340

Slowly, Searching
Alex Shapiro
Adam Marks, piano
Innova 41

It Has Not Taken Long for You to Break
Molly Joyce
Inbal Segev, cello
Avie 2465

Atlas-Pumas: Third movement
Gabriela Ortiz
Shalini Vijayan, violin
Cambria 1211

Ex Patria
Gabriela Montero
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
YOA Orchestra of the Americas
Gabriela Montero, piano
Orchid 100047

Gone to Earth
Amanda Feery
Jose Antonio Zayas Caban, soprano saxophone
Navona 6309

Stolen
Allison Loggins-Hull
Amanda Gookin, cello
Bright Shiny Things 135

De Profundis
Raminta Serksnyte
Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor
Kremerata Baltica
DG 4837761

Elegy
Courtney Bryan
Ensemble Pi
Bright Shiny Things 1083

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