Program 525: Women 4 Women
KALW Broadcast Date: July 20, 2018 | Host: Randall Wong
This program highlights works by the composers Gilda Lyon, Laura Steenberge, Cara Haxo from Quince Ensemble’s 2018 album, Mother Land. Also on the docket, Maverick composer, singer, choreographer, and director: Meredith Monk. She has been the recipient of innumerable awards including the MacArthur Genius Grant, Carnegie Hall’s Composer of the Year, and the National Medal of Arts. We will hear her 1992 work, Three Heavens and Hells for four female voices.
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Title: Bone Needles
Composer: Gilda Lyons
Performers: Quince Ensemble: Carrie Henneman Shaw, Liz Pearce; sopranos and Kayleigh Butcher; mezzo-soprano
Recording Title: Motherland
Record Label: New Focus Recordings
Catalog Number: fcr203
Title: The Four Winds
Composer: Laura Steenberge
Performers: Quince Ensemble
Recording Title: Motherland
Record Label: New Focus Recordings
Catalog Number: fcr203
Title: Three Erasures
Composer: Cara Haxo
Performers: Quince Ensemble
Recording Title: Motherland
Record Label: New Focus Recordings
Catalog Number: fcr203
Title: Three Heavens and Hells
Composer: Meredith Monk
Performers: Meredith Monk Ensemble: Dina Emerson, Allison Easter, Katie Geissinger, and Meredith Monk
Recording Title: Volcano Songs
Record Label: ECM
Catalog Number: ECM 1589