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Jenni Murray is joined by pianist Joanna MacGregor and writer Kate Kennedy to celebrate the music of women who have performed their own music, from Amy Beach to Nina Simone.

Jenni Murray continues her celebration of the music of women composers, presenting a fabulous playlist of great music, classic and modern, and exploring the issues women have faced in forging a career as a composer.

3. Play it Yourself. Jenni looks at women composers who have performed their own music, from musicians of the Baroque era such as Barbara Strozzi, through to 20th Century jazz giant Nina Simone and contemporary cellist-vocalist-composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson. To introduce the music, and to discuss whether performing your own music is still one of the best ways for composers to communicate their own work, Jenni is joined by pianist Joanna MacGregor and writer Kate Kennedy.

Producer: Graham Rogers

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Sat 22 Feb 2025 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mary Lou Williams

    Walkin' and Swingin'

    Performer: Mary Lou Williams. Ensemble: Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy.
    • ASV.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.
    • Naive.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    La vendetta

    Singer: Magali Arnault Stanczak. Ensemble: La Botta Forte.
    • Fra Bernardo.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Violin Concerto in B flat major Op.3 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zefira Valova. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Aparte.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor Op.45 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Beach / Chaminade / Howell: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 003.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water (Spiritual Suite)

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • SOULSCAPES: PIANO MUSIC BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
    • Albany.
    • 20.

  • Nina Simone

    Four Women

    Singer: Nina Simone.
    • Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 13.

  • Carla Bley

    Sing Me Softly of the Blues

    Performer: Carla Bley. Performer: Steve Swallow.
    • Go Together.
    • Watt.
    • 001.

  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Unconditionally

    Performer: Gwilym Simcock. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Ensemble: LSO Percussion Ensemble.
    • Ocean Floor.
    • LSO Live.
    • 2.

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