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Ethel Smyth

  • #Classicsaday #PrideMonth Week 2

    Jun 10th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #PrideMonth, Classical music, Conrad Susa, Ethel Smyth, Gian Carlo Menotti, Henriƫtte Bosmans, Sylvano Bussotti, Twitter

    For the month of June, Classics a Day celebrates Pride Month. And the challenge is to post works from classical composers who self-identified as other than heteronormative. There are a lot of composers to choose from — and not just in the modern era. This was a challenge that deepened my knowledge of classical music. […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #SymYesNo Week 1

    Sep 10th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #SymYesNo, Anton Webern, Claude Debussy, Ethel Smyth, Twitter

    For the month of September, the Classics a Day team chose a controversial theme. There is a small subset of symphonic works within the classical repertoire that appear misnamed. Most composers choose their titles carefully. But when the title runs counter to expectations, disagreements arise. What does the title “symphony” mean? Can a composition be […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #Classical1921 Week 3

    Jan 21st, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #Classical1921, #ClassicsaDay, Alberto Salvi, Amy Beach, Classical music, Ethel Smyth, Sergei Prokofiev, Sophie Braslau, Twitter

    What better way to celebrate a new year than with a look back? In this case, the Classics a Day team decided to go back 100 years. For January 2021 the challenge is to post works that were completed in or recordings released in 1921. It turns out there was quite a lot going on […]

  • British Cello Works – quality chamber music by women

    Nov 12th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, contemporary classical music, Elisabeth Luytens, Elizabeth Maconchy, Ethel Smyth, Jennifer Hughes, Lionel Hardy, Lyrita, Rebekah Clarke

    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 […]

  • They Persisted – Music by Pioneering Women Composers

    Oct 10th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Amy Beach, Bruce Heim, Centaur, Ethel Smyth, Joanna Goldstein, Nicholas Finch, Steven Moeckel, Ulric Cole

    I’m not usually a fan of politically-driven music programs. The works, primarily selected for their extra-musical qualities, tend to be not very good or not fit well together. Not so with this recording. The album title references the now-famous phrase “Nevertheless, she persisted,” a rallying cry for the women’s movement. And it makes sense in […]

  • Tasmin Little Plays Exceptional Music by Exceptional Women

    Apr 22nd, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Amy Beach, CD Review, Chamber music, Chandos, Clara Schumann, Classical music, Ethel Smyth, Romantic period, Tasmin Little

    Tasmin Little presents a solid program of late-Romantic violin works. As always, her performances let the emotional content of this music blossom forth in beauty. Little has done other outstanding recordings of this repertoire (her Brahms album springs to mind). She seems to have a natural affinity of the late-Romantic style. Oh – and all […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalShorts Week 4

    Mar 1st, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, Charles Ives, Classical music, Ethel Smyth, Giovanni di Palestrina, Stefanie de Kenessey, Thomas Tallis, Twitter

    February is the shortest month of the year. That fact inspired #ClassicsaDay team (of which I’m a member) to make short classical pieces the theme for the month. The challenge is to select stand-alone works, not movements of larger pieces. Participants post links to short classical pieces in the social media channel of their choice, […]

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