This week on Extra Eclectic, our observation of Women’s History Month continues with more music from female composers of the present moment. For the show's first hour, host Steve Seel also celebrates the coming of spring, with nature-related works including Akshaya Avril Tucker’s Breathing Sunlight, Mamiko Dis Ragnarsdottir’s Fair Flowers, Laura Masotto’s Sol Levante (Rising Sun) and more. In the second hour, there's room for play and whimsy, with works including Shara Nova’s A Whistle, A Tune, A Macaroon and Gabriella Smith’s Imaginary Pancake. Listen now!
Playlist
There Will Be Hope
Hania Rani/Dobrawa Czocher
Hania Rani, piano and vocals, Dobrawa Czocher, cello
DG 4860603
Sol Levante
Laura Masotto
Scoring Berlin
Mari Samuelsen, violin
DG 4862097
Breathing Sunlight
Akshaya Avril Tucker
Talla Rouge
Bright Shiny Things 202
Fair Flowers
Mamiko Dis Ragnarsdottir
Siggi String Quartet
Dorian 92232
Sielunmaisema: Spring
Zibuokle Martinaityte
Karolis Variakojis, conductor
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Rokas Vaitkevicius, cello
Ondine 1403
Secret and Glass Gardens
Jennifer Higdon
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Bright Shiny Things 154
Semplice Sempre
Shirley Thompson
Her Ensemble
Esther Abrami, violin
Sony 46450
A Whistle, A Tune, A Macaroon
Shara Nova
yMusic
New Amsterdam 32
Tripotage Miniatures
Anna Meredith
Aurora Orchestra
NMC 239
Imaginary Pancake
Gabriella Smith
James McVinnie, piano
Pentatone 7404
Within Her Arms
Anna Clyne
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
The Knights
Hush
Tina Davidson
J Freivogel, violin
New Focus 415
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