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 […]
Elizabeth Maconchy
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Rediscovered British Clarinet Concertos Deserve a Listen
This is a wonderful collection of music. And, I think, it makes a point. The classical repertoire is so rich that no matter how tightly focused the program, there are plenty of gems to choose from. In this case, the focus is clarinet concertos by British composers from the first half of the 20th Century […]
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British Cello Works – quality chamber music by women
When I present classical music on the radio, I never identify a composer by race or sex. I think it creates the impression that these are subsets of the main group of composers. There are composers, and there are women composers. Almost as good, but not quite. I don’t think that’s true, and (apparently), neither […]