Women Work #2009
…and have proven themselves exceptional performers and composers, whom we celebrate on International Women's Day during Women's History Month.
Hour 1
MARY BETH BENNETT: 3 Pieces (Paean on Abbot’s Leigh; Hommage a Langlais: Song of Peace in a Time of War; Come, Holy Ghost) –Mary Beth Bennett (1992 Schantz/7th Street Christian Church, Richmond, VA) MBB 2015
ORPHA OCHSE: Chaconne –Frances Nobert (1998 Glatter-Götz+Rosales/United Church of Christ, Congregational, Claremont, CA) Raven 550
MARGARET VARDELL SANDRESKY: The Good Shepherd –Marilyn Keiser (1799 Tannenberg/Old Salem Museum, Winston-Salem, NC) PD Archive (r. 5/9/14)
ANGELA KRAFT CROSS: Homage to Henri Nouwen (Fantasy and Fugue) –Pamela Decker (1987 Kney/University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 10/27/08)
PAMELA DECKER: Espuelita, fr Flores del Desierto –Pamela Decker (1955 Aeolian-Skinner/Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI) Albany 383
ANGELA KRAFT CROSS: Mary Magnificat (2010) –Angela Kraft Cross (2002 Dobson/Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, Los Angeles, CA) Compass Audio 7201
Filler – BENNETT: Paean (see above)
Hour 2
LIBBY LARSEN: Fantasy on Slane –Marina Lyon, flute; Marilyn Biery (1927 Skinner+1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 7/25/03)
CAROL WILLIAMS: Suite for Organ, Op. 5 –Carol Williams (2012 Quimby/St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, San Diego, CA) Melcot 022
FLORENCE PRICE: Fughetta & Air, fr Suite No. 1 –Miriam Zach (1991 Mander/Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ) Minerva 131926
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Fantasy, Abide with me –Joan DeVee Dixon (1991 Reuter/University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR) RBW 018
AARON COPLAND: Episode –Marilyn Mason (1935 Aeolian-Skinner/Groton School, Groton, MA) King of Instruments 7
WILLIAM BOLCOM: Gospel Preludes, Book IV (Sometimes I feel like a motherless child; Sweet hour of prayer; Fantasy on O Zion Haste and How firm a foundation) –Marilyn Mason (Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside Church, New York, NY) Pipedreams 1001
Filler – CROSS: Mary Magnificat (see above)
