English composer Ethel Smyth spent much of her life pushing back against voices that said: "women can't." She was an accomplished composer and an activist in the fight for women's rights. Join us today to hear Ethel Smyth’s ‘Overture to The Wreckers’ from a concert presented by ROCO in Houston, Texas.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Erik Satie: Gnossienne No. 1, from Trois Gnossiennes
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Album: Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music
London Decca 473620
Anton Heberle: Recorder Concerto in G
Maurice Steger, recorder | RTVE Symphony Orchestra | Maurice Steger, conductor
Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Spain
Traditional, arr. Jorge Cozatl: Xtoles
Chicago a cappella | Benjamin Rivera, conductor
Chicago a cappella, Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, IL
Julio Morales: De sur a norte
Chicago a cappella | Benjamin Rivera, conductor
Chicago a cappella, Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, IL
Maurice Ravel: Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano | Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vanska, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Hour 2
Ethel Smyth: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D Minor: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio
Chagall Trio: Lorenzo Nguyen, piano | Edoardo Grieco, violin | Francesco Massimino, cello
Album: The Impressions That Remain
Meridian
Ethel Smyth, arr. Mark Buller: Overture to The Wreckers
ROCO | Brett Mitchell, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G Major "Military"
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute | Pedja Muzijevic, piano | Anthony Manzo, double bass | St. Lawrence String Quartet
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Lowell Liebermann: Fantasy on a Fugue by J.S. Bach
John Novacek, piano | Elizabeth Mann, flute | Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe | Bil Jackson, clarinet | Michael Thornton, horn | Michael Kroth, bassoon
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
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