Program #4, May 25 2000: Recent works by female composers.

We surveyed some recent work by a wide variety of female composers: from popularly-inflected to cerebral, from established idioms to contemporary experimentation, from works making use of non-western motifs and instruments to works composed in relatively mainstream western orchestral traditions.

Hour Artist Title Date Performers Album Label Number
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12m Einstürzende Neubauten Wüste 1992   Tabula Rasa Mute 61458-2
Joan Tower Fanfare No. 1 for the Uncommon Woman 1986 Colorado Symphony Orchestra (cond. M. Alsop) Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman, etc. Koch International 3-7469-2 H1
Nancy Galbraith String Quartet No. 1 1996 Cuarteto Latinoamericano Four Chamber Works Élan CD 82414
Violet Archer Four Short Pieces 1995 Don Ross Soundland Alberta: Le Pays Sonore Clef CR 96001-2
Sofia Gubaidulina Quartet No. 4 1993 Kronos Quartet Night Prayers Elektra Nonesuch 79346-2
Jocelyn Pook Masked Ball from the Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack 1997   Music from The Motion Picture Eyes Wide Shut Warner 47450-2
Jocelyn Pook Migrations from the Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack 1997 The Jocelyn Pook Ensemble Music from The Motion Picture Eyes Wide Shut Warner 47450-2
1a Evelyn Glennie First Contact 1999   Shadow Behind the Iron Sun BMG 09026 63406-2
Lee Pui Ming Piano Percussion 1994   Strange Beauty Dorian  
Huba de Graaff De Biggenweg 1995 PianoDuo: G. van Zeeland and G. Bouwhuis Andriessen / Emmer / de Graaff / Torstensson NM Classics 92074
Diamanda Galás Abel et Caïn 1996   Malediction and Prayer Asphodel 0984-2
Annie Gosfield Nickolaievski Soldat 1994   Burnt Ivory and Loose Wires Tzadik TZ 7040
Kaija Saariaho Petals 1988 Jeffrey Krieger AC DC VC ¿What Next? WN 0022
Evelyn Glennie Battle Cry (Bonus Mix) 1999   Shadow Behind the Iron Sun BMG 09026 63406-2
2a Chen Yi Chinese Myths Cantata 1996 Women's Philharmonic (cond. J. Falletta), et al. The Music of Chen Yi New Albion NA 090 CD
Sarah Peebles Phoenix Calling (dance version) 1993   Suspended in Amber Innova 506
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