#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 3, 2022
The Classics a Day team chose Women’s History Month as the theme for March. Actually, it’s been the March theme for the past five years. And there are still many composers to explore.
As always, I try to shore works I haven’t posted before. And as always for this month, I’m posting works by composers I’ve just discovered (both past and present). Here are my #ClassicsaDay posts for the third week of #WomensHistoryMonth.
03/14/22 Sophie Menter (1846-1918) – Consolation, Op. 10
Menter holds the distinction of being the only female piano student of Franz Liszt.One critic described her playing “blend of virtuosity and elegance; fiery temperament; a masculine (!) weight on the keys…”
03/15/22 Victoria Poleva – Summer Music
Ukrainian composer Poleva wrote this chamber cantata in 2008. The text is by J. Brodsky, and is composed for children’s choir, solo violin, and strings.
03/16/22 Mel Bonis (1859-1937) – Cello Sonata, Op. 67
Bonis studied with Cesar Franck, She wrote over 300 works, mostly chamber pieces, mélodies, and solo piano works. Her cello sonata dates from 1905.
03/17/22 Tera de Marez Oyens (1932-1996) – Contrafactus for string quartet
Dutch composer Oyens wrote over 200 works. This 1982 work also exists in another form. Oyens added a flute part to it, creating the Leaia Quintet.
03/18/22 Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) – Symphony for Double String Orchestra
Maconchy studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams and came to public notice with her 1930 piano concerto. Her 1953 symphony demonstrates her idea that “the best music is an impassioned argument.”
