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IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - THIS MARCH ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES AND AVANT-GARDE EDITION
Every March from 2004, in observance of Women’s History Month,
Classical Discoveries pays tribute to music by women composers from
all over the world and through the centuries. Every regular scheduled
program (that includes the new Avant-Garde Edition starting in 2009)
is exclusively devoted to their music.
This March please check the weekly posting for highlights and
upcoming features.
The first two shows of the series will air Wednesday, March 02, 2011. As in previous years the third Wednesday will be devoted to American Women composers.
Picture of miniature painting from Hasht-Behesht palace, Isfahan, Iran, from 1669
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN page.
To continue this celebration Weekly Art Gallery will feature only women artists
WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 5 
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 from 5:30 till 11:00am
the last of this year's IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - continued
with: Piano Sonata #3 by American Composer, Emma Lou Diemer (1927- ),
Klaviertrio Nr. 1 by German Composer, Dorothee Eberhardt (1952- ),
Trombone Concerto by Bellarussian Composer, Galina Gorelova(1951- ),
Slatta, Piano Concerto by Icelandic composer, Jorunn Vidar (1918- )
At the End of the Rainbow for Orchestra by South African Composer, Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (1948- )
plus music by Zulema de la Cruz, Rosemary Duxbury, Onute Narbutaite, Carolyn Yarnell and many others
You can check : 03-30-2011 combined playlist.
River Road (Philadelphia) -- Courtesy: Philadelphia Artist: Mina Smith-Segal - search at: minasmithsegal.redbubble.com WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 5
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 from 11:00am till 1:00pm
Celebration of music written by women composers concluded, when Classical Discoveries hosted Philadelphia composer
Please check some Videos:
"Lung-Ta: the Windhorse" - Music by ANDREA CLEARFIELD
You can check : 03-30-2011 combined playlist.
Ella Es Asi (That's The Way She Is) - Courtesy: Philadelphia Artist Lesley Mitchell - search at: www.lesleymitchell.com/
WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 4 
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 5:30 till 11:00am
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - continues
You heard:
Exquisite Fires by Canadian Composer, Linda Bouchard (1957- ),
String Quartet No. 3, "Gaia" (2008) by American composer, Stacy Garrop (1969- ),
Symphony by Norwegian composer, Anne-Marie Orbeck(1911- 1996),
Symphony No. 4 (2002) by Russian composer, Alla Pavlova (1952- )
Musica Barbara for Piano and Chamber Orchestra by Italian composer, Teresa Procaccini (1934- )
plus music by Sister Marie Keyrouz, Roumi Petrova, Marga Richter
and many others
You can check : 03-23-2011 combined playlist.
Friend - Courtesy: Artist: Ivo Altmajer - search at: http://www.myspace.com/iwona_altmajer WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 4
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 11:00am till 1:00pm
Celebration of music written by women composers continues.
You heard:
Night in Memphis by Russian Composer, Sofia Gubaidulina (1931- ),
Memory Forms by Canadian composer, Linda Catlin Smith(1957- )
plus music by Keiko Harada, Karmella Tsepkolenko and others
You can check : 03-23-2011 combined playlist.
Courtesy: Artist: Ivo Altmajer - search at: http://www.myspace.com/iwona_altmajer
WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 3 
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from 5:30 till 11:00am
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - AMERICAN WOMEN EDITION was devoted to music composed by American women only.
You heard:
Chance Encounter (2007) by Lisa Bielawa (1968- ),
Transformations for String Orchestra (2004) by Barbara Harbach (1946- ),
String Quartet No. 2 (2004) by Katherine Hoover(1937- ),
Symphony No. 4, "String Symphony" by Libby Larsen (1950- ),
Aceldama for Solo Flute and String Orchestra (2004) by Mary Ann Joyce-Walter,
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra by Ellen Taafe Zwilich (1939- ),
plus music by Binette Lipper, Augusta Read Thomas, Gwyneth Walker and much more
You can check : 03-16-2011 combined playlist.
Boudoir - Courtesy: Artist: Mina Smith-Segal - search at: minasmithsegal.redbubble.com WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 3
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from 11:00am till 1:00pm
Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde - AMERICAN WOMEN EDITION was devoted to more modern and electronic works composed by American women only.
you heard:
Tablet by Meredith Monk(1942- ),
Voices Within: A Requiem by Laurie Spiegel (1945- ),
Stronghold for 8 Double Basses by Julia Wolfe (1958- )
plus music of Elizabeth Austin, Jennifer Castellano, Annie Gosfield and others.
You can check : 03-16-2011 combined playlist.
European Seahorse - Courtesy: Lynn Lyndall at: http://www.lionfirestudio.com WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 2 
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 from 5:30 till 11:00am
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN continued, with another whole program devoted to music composed by women.
Some selections included:
Dona nobis lucem by Czech Composer, Sylvie Bodorova (1954- ),
Other Sun by American composer, Nancy Galbraith (1951- ),
Violin Concerto by Filipino composer Lucrecia Kasilag (1917-2008), Symphony by Estonian Composer, Ester Magi (1922- ),
Westminster Mass by English Composer, Roxanna Panufnik (1968- )
plus music by Larysa Kuzmenko, Peggy Stuart Coolidge, Helen Taylor and many others
You can check : 03-09-2011 combined playlist.
Al compas de un tango - Courtesy: Artist Lesley Mitchell - search at: www.lesleymitchell.com/ WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 2
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 from 11:00am till 3:00pm on the Extended Edition of Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde - that presents more modern and electronic works as part of IN PRAISE OF WOMAN.
You heard:
Three Watercolors by Azerbaijani composer, Frangiz Ali-Zade (1947- ),
Concerto for Miramba and orchestra by Polish composer, Marta Ptaszynska (Poland)
"Maa" - Ballet Music in Seven Scenes by Finnish composer, Kaija Saariaho (1952)
Echoing Purple for Violin and Ensemble by Greek composer, Calliope Tsoupaki (1963- )
plus music of Ann Milikan, Pauline Oliveros, and much more
You can check : 03-09-2011 combined playlist.
Beauty- Courtesy: Artist: Mina Smith-Segal - search at: minasmithsegal.redbubble.com
WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 1
Wednesday, March 02, 2011 from 5:30 till 11:00am
you heard:
Concertino for Piano and Orchestra by Dutch Composer, Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952),
Irish Symphony, Op. 16, by the Irish Composer, Mary Dickenson-Auner (1880-1965),
On A Wire for Six Soloists and Orchestra (2010) by American Composer, Jennifer Higdon (1962- ),
Trumpet Concerto (2002) by Polish composer, Hanna Kulenty (1961- ),
Adom Burkolt cimu... for Horn and Cimbalom (2007) by Hungarian composer, Ilona Mesko (1981- ),
plus music by Iryna Kyrylina, Isabella Leonarda, Alexandra Pakhmutova, Joan Tower and many others.
You can check : 03-02-2011 combined playlist.
Soldier's Mother - Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist: Yelena Karimova - search at: AZgallery.org WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE - IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 2011 - WEEK 1
Wednesday, March 02, 2011 from 11:00am till 1:00pm
You heard:
String Quartet Number 6 by American composer, Gloria Coates, (1938- ),
Violin Concerto, Hommage to Gyorgy Kurtag by German composer, Ruth Zechlin (1926- )
plus music by Johanna Beyer, Sarah Hopkins and others.
You can check : 03-02-2011 combined playlist.
Woman's Portrait - Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist: Yelena Hagverdiyeva - search at: AZgallery.org