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Program #243
Seventh Anniversary Program: Orchestral Music
Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps, The Women's Philharmonic, JoAnn Falleta, conductor (Koch CD, 3-7169-2 HI * BUY THE CD)
Karen Tanaka: Prismes pour orchestre, Malmö Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jun'ichi Hirokami (Bis, CD-490 * BUY THE CD)
Vivian Fine: Alcestis, The Imperial Philharmonic of Tokyo conducted by William Strickland (CRI LP CRI-145 * BUY THE CD)
Vítzslava Kaprálová: Waving Farewell, Czech Symphony Orchestra of Brno conducted by Frantisek Jílek (Matous CD entitled Kaprálová — Portrait of the Composer, MK 0049-2011 * BUY THE CD)
Nancy Van de Vate: Pura Besakih, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava, Szymon Kawalla, conductor (Vienna Modern Masters, VMM 3006 * BUY THE CD)

Program #244
An Hour with Jennifer Higdon
Piano Trio, Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin, Alisa Weilerstein, Cello, and Adam Nieman, Piano (Naxos 8.559298 * BUY THE CD)
wissahickon poeTrees, Network for New Music Ensemble, Jan Krzywicki, conductor (Albany CD, Troy 488 * BUY THE CD)
Concerto for Orchestra, third movement, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano conductor (Telarc CD, CD-80621 * BUY THE CD)

Program #245
A Tribute to Galina Ustvolskaya
Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra and Timpani, Alexi Lubimov, piano, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Heinrich Schiff conductor (Elektra/WEA * BUY THE CD)
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Alexander Shustin ,violin, Adil Feodorov, clarinet, Oleg Malov, piano (Megadisc CD, MDC 7865 * BUY THE CD)
Lights in the Steppe, Leningrad Philharmonic Society, A. Yansons, conductor

Program #246
Three String Quartets
Kathryn Mishell (excerpts: 1st Movement / 4th Movement): String Quartet No. 1 (first four movements), Robert Rudié, violin, Jennifer Bourianoff, violin, Donald Wright, viola, Tony Stogner, cello (private recording).
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Oasis, The Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 79804-2 * BUY THE CD)
Nancy Galbraith: Inquiet Spirits, Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Albany Records, Troy 556 * BUY THE CD)

Program #247
Romance 'Round the World
Cécile Chaminade: Mignonne, Malgré nous, Nice-la-belle, Villanelle, Mots d'amour, Chanson Triste, Je voudraid, Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, and Bengt Gorsberg, piano (Deutsche Grammophon CD 289 471 331-2 * BUY THE CD)
Vítzslava Kaprálová: two Love Carols, Lenka Skornicková,soprano and Jitka Drobíková, piano
Rebecca Clarke: song, and Elizabeth Maconchy: song; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor and Graham Johnson, piano (CD "In Praise of Women," Hyperion * BUY THE CD)
Clara Schumann: five songs, Barbara Bonney, soprano, with Vladimir Ashkenazy at the piano (Decca CD 452 898-2 * BUY THE CD)
Anne LeBaron: Dish, Dora Ohrenstein, soprano (CRI disc, "Urban Diva," CRI CD 654 * BUY THE CD)
Mlle ***: Loin de l'object de mon amour, Anne Harley, Oleg Timofeyev ("Talisman: Music of Russian Princesses," Dorian Recordings * BUY THE CD)
Princess Natalie de Kourakine: Je vais donc quitter pour jamais, Anne Harley, Oleg Timofeyev, Etienne Abelin ("Talisman: Music of Russian Princesses," Dorian Recordings * BUY THE CD)

Program #248
Composers of the 17th Century
Antonia Padoani Bembo: Psalm CXXIX from The Seven Psalms of David, La Donna Musicale (CD available from their website at www.ladm.org)
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Trio Sonata in D Majo, La Donna Musicale
Barbara Strozzi: Pensaci ben mio core, Catherine Bott, soprano, Paula Chateauneuf, chitarrone, Timothy Roberts, harpsichord, and Frances Kally, double harp
Isabella Leonarda: The Sonata Op. 16 for Violin and Cembalo, Sephira Ensemble of Stuttgart
Antonia Bembo: Psalm CI, La Donna Musicale (CD available from their website at www.ladm.org)

Program #249
Music for Women's History Month
Evelyn Stroobach: Aurora Borealis, The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra (ESNB 20062)
Clarice Assad: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop conductor (NSS Music * BUY THE CD)
Nancy Van de Vate: Voices of Women, Koszalin State Phiharmonic Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla, conductor, Sulie Giradi and the Silesian University Choir (Vienna Modern Masters VMM 3022 * BUY THE CD)
Clarice Assad: Bluezilian, The 4Tissimo Guitar Quartet

Program #250
Music for Brass
Jane Vignery: Sonata for Horn and Piano, op. 7, Lin Foulk, horn, Martha Fischer, piano (CD "Four Elements," Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music * BUY THE CD)
Hilda Sehested: Suite for Cornet or Trumpet in B flat and Orchestra, Ketil Christensen, trumpet, Henrik Vagn Christensen conducting the Aalborg Symfoniorkester ("Danish Romantic Concertos," Rondo Grammofon, RCD 8359 * BUY THE CD)
Ann Callaway: Four Elements, Lin Foulk, horn, Martha Fischer, piano (CD "Four Elements," Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music * BUY THE CD)

Program #251
Music of Canada
Elizabeth Raum: Duet and Burlesque, Contrasts Trio: Eduard Minevich, violin, Pauline Minevich, clarinet, and David McIntyre, piano (Canadian Music Centre CD "How Bodies leave Ecstatic Marks," CMCCD 11907 * BUY THE CD)
Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté: Andante movement of Piano Concerto No. 1, Berlin Symphonics Orchestra, Ernst Kunwald, conductor, and the composer at the piano (Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation promotional CD)
Norma Beecroft: Jeu II, Robert Aitken ,flute, Rivka Golani, viola, Ronald Lynch, digital processing (Centrediscs CD CMCCD 9303 * BUY THE CD)
Evelyn Stroobach: Nonet, Indiana University ensemble, Paul SanGregory, conductor (CD entitled "Aurora Borealis," ESNB 20062)
Laura G. Lemon: Mazurka, Edvard Skerjanc, violini and Elaine Keillor, piano (Carleton sound CD called "Romance: Early Canadian Chamber Music," cscd-1009 * BUY THE CD)

Program #252
April Foolishness
Liza Lehmann: Henry King, Graham Johnson, tenor, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, pianist (Hyperion CD "In Praise of Women" * BUY THE CD)
Roxanna Panufnik: The Hare and the Tortoise, Patricia Rozario, soprano, Yvonne Howard, mezzo-soprano,Roderick Williams,baritone.City of London Symphonia, Sian Edwards,conductor (EMI Classics CD "Beastly Tales," B000F8NJKA)
Thea Musgrave: Impromptu for flute and oboe, Huntingdon Trio (Leonarda Productions * BUY THE CD)
Liza Lehmann: Charles Augustus Fortescue, Graham Johnson, tenor, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, pianist (Hyperion CD, "In Praise of Women" * BUY THE CD)
Meredith Monk: The Tale, Anthony de Mare, pianist and narrator (Koch * BUY THE CD)
Beth Custer: Swim!, Zeitgeist, Beth Custer, voice (Innova CD, "If Tigers were Clouds," innova 589 * BUY THE CD)
Laurie Anderson: New York Social Life (New World Records * BUY THE CD)

Program #253
String Orchestra Concert
Nancy Bloomer Deussen: Peninsula Suite, The Philharmonia Bulgarica, Ian Winstin, conductor (ERMMedia CD "Masterworks of the New Era, Vol.2," ERM-6696 * BUY THE CD)
Grazyna Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra, The Polish chamber Orchestra, Jan Stanienda, conductor (Aperto CD 86421)
Marian Bauer: Suite for String Orchestra, The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, F. Charles Adler (CRI record: CRI-101 * BUY THE CD)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Prologue and Variations, Metamorphosen, Scott Yoo, conductor (Albany Records, Troy 194 * BUY THE CD)

Program #254
Trios for Earth Day
Elisenda Fábregas: Voces de mi Tierra, Meininger Trio: Christiane Meininger, flute and alto flute, Françoise Groben, cello, and Rainer Gepp, piano (Profil PH05019 * BUY THE CD)
Hilary Tann: Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de'Medici, Meininger Trio: Christiane Meininger, flute and alto flute, Françoise Groben, cello, and Rainer Gepp, piano (Profil label, PH05019 * BUY THE CD)
Nancy Bloomer Deussen: One of Nature's Majesties Opus 90 Chamber Ensemble (North South CD called "Postcards," N/S R 1012 * BUY THE CD)
Elena Kats-Chernin: Colours of the Sea, The Meininger Trio (Profil label, PH05019 * BUY THE CD)

Program #255
Clarinet Collaborations
Joan Tower: Rain Waves, The Verdehr Trio (Crystal Records CD, CD 943 * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: Dark Thoughts, Renée Brad, mezzo-soprano, Pauline Minevich, clarinetist, and David McIntyre, pianist (Centrediscs CD, CMC-CD 11907 * BUY THE CD)
Kathryn Mishell: Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, Trio Contraste (Pierian CD entitled "Musical Voyages," Pierian 0014 * BUY THE CD)

Program #256
Chamber Music from Four Countries
Alex Shapiro: Current Events, Miwako Watanabe and Connie Kupka, violins, Victoria Miskolczy and David Walther, violas, and David Speltz, cello (CD available at http://www.alexshapiro.org * BUY THE CD)
Clarice Assad: Mercador de Sonhos, Sergio and Odair Assad (CD "Os Irmaos Assad & Amilton Godoy" on Tom Brasil Records)
Hilda Sehested: Three Fantasy Pieces, Morten Zeuthen, cellist, Amalie Malling, pianist (Marco Polo label * BUY THE CD)
Melissa Hui: From Dusk to Dawn for flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass, conducted by Gary Kulesha (Centrediscs CD, CMC-CD 10605 * BUY THE CD)

Program #257
Mothers and Composers
Jennifer Higdon: Lullaby, Jennifer Higdon, flute, Hugh Sung, piano (Virtuosi CD, IVR 501 * BUY THE CD)
Doreen Carwithen: Violin Sonata, Lydia Mordkovitch, violin, Julian Milford, piano (Chandos CD * BUY THE CD)
Dorothy Hindman: Second ("Demanding Music," Dorothy Hindman CD)
Albertine Morin-Labreque: Maman, je ne veux pas grandir, (Carleton Sound disc called "Diana Gilchrist Sings Songs of Canada," cscd-1003 * BUY THE CD)
Amy Beach: Eskimos, Charlotte Mueller, pianist (MSR CD entitled "Woman's Work," MS1160 * BUY THE CD)
Rebecca Clarke: Infant Joy, Cradle Song, Soprano Patricia Wright and pianist Kathron Sturrock; and Lullaby for Violin and Piano, Jonathan Rees, violin, Kathron Sturrock, piano (Guild CD called "Rebecca Clarke: The Cloths of Heaven," GMCD 7208 * BUY THE CD)
Kathryn Mishell: Now it is time for Dreaming, Kathryn Mishell, voice and synthesizer (private recording)

Program #258
Wilderness and the Sea
Elizabeth Austin: Wilderness Symphony, The Cracow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Symon Kawalla, conducotr. The reciters were Melinda Liebermann and Anthony King (Capstone CD, CPS-8634 * BUY THE CD)
Augusta Read Thomas: Passion Prayers, Scott Kluksdah, cellist, with the Network for New Music conducted by Jan Krzywicki (Albany CD. Troy 488 * BUY THE CD)
Nancy Van de Vate: Suite From Nemo, The Ruse Philharmonic, Tsanko Delibozov, conductor (Vienna Modern Masters CD, VMM 3038 * BUY THE CD)

Program #259
Early Works
Ruth Schonthal: Frühe Lieder, Susan Gonzalez, Marcia Eckert (Leonarda CD, LE 352 * BUY THE CD)
Clara Wieck Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 7, Angela Cheng, Women's Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Koch International Classics 3-7169-2 HI * BUY THE CD)
Lili Boulanger: Le Retour, Sharon Mabry, mezzo-soprano,Rosemary Platt, piano (Capstone CD, "Music by Women," CPS-8714 * BUY THE CD)

Program #260
Chamber Music form the Americas
Elizabeth Raum: Prayer and Dance of Praise, Eduard Minevich, violin, David McIntyre, piano (Centredisques CD entitled "How Bodies leave Ecstatic Marks," CMCCD 11907 * BUY THE CD)
Katherine Ann Murdock: Postcards from the Center, Moran Woodwind Quintet (Crystal Records CD754 * BUY THE CD)
Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas: an Andean walkabout, for string quartet, The Chiara Quartet (New Voice Singles CD CNVS 002 * BUY THE CD)
Kathryn Mishell: Nocturne, Robert Rudié, violin, Kathryn Mishell, piano (Pierian CD #0051; release date 2015 * BUY THE CD)

Program #261
Spring Into Summer
Lili Boulanger: D'un Matin de Printemps, The Women's Philharmonic, JoAnn Falleta conductor (Koch 3-7169-2 HI * BUY THE CD)
Fanny Hensel: March through August of Das Jahr, Sarah Rothenberg, piano (Arabesque Recordings Z26666 * BUY THE CD)
Thea Musgrave: Spring and Summer from The Seasons, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Leo Philips, conductor (Clarinet Classics label * BUY THE CD)
Cécile Chaminade: L'Eté, Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, and Bengt Gorsberg, piano (Deutshe Grammophon CD 289 471 331-2 * BUY THE CD)
Libby Larsen: Deep Summer, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor (Koch International Classics 3-7520-2III * BUY THE CD)

Program #262
California Composers
Emma Lou Diemer: Suite of Homages for solo clarinet and orchestra, John Russo, clarinet, Philarmonisches Staatsorchester Halle (CRS CD 0069 * BUY THE CD)
Elinor Remick Warren: Singing Earth, Thomas Hampson, baritone, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bruce Ferden conductor (Cambria Records * BUY THE CD)
Deon Nielsen Price: Affects: A Santa Barbara Rhapsody, Michael Arnold, Clarinetist, and Ayke Agus, pianist (Cambria Master Recording entitled "SunRays," CD 1056 * BUY THE CD)
Alex Shapiro: At the Abyss, Teresa McCollough, piano, Tom Burritt, marimba and vibes, and Peggy Benkeser, percussion (Innova CD, "Music for Hammers and Sticks," Innova 630 * BUY THE CD)

Program #263
Mostly New Piano Music
Rhené Jaque: Deuxième Suite pour Piano, Elaine Keillor, pianist (Carelton disc of piano music performed by Keillor called "By a Canadian Lady," CSCD-1006 * BUY THE CD)
Alexina Louie: Music for Piano, Louise Bessette, pianist (MVCD1064)
Katherine Hoover: Six Preludes, Mirian Conti, pianist (private recording)
Karen Tanaka: Crystalline II, Xak Bjerken, pianist (CRI CD called "High Rise," CD 855 * BUY THE CD)
Beata Moon: In Transit, Beata Moon, pianist (Naxos 8.570347 * BUY THE CD)
Kathryn Mishell: Novelette, Kathryn Mishell, pianist (Pierian CD #0051; release date 2015 * BUY THE CD)

Program #264
Dramatic Winds
Elizabeth Raum: The Legend of Heimdall, John Griffiths, tuba, Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg conducted by Richard Raum (private label recording available at the composer's website)
Zhanna Kolodub: Concertino for Oboe and Piano, Cynthia Green Libby, oboe, Peter Collins, piano (Hester Park CD entitled "Daystream Dances," CD 7707 * BUY THE CD)
Lita Grier: Renascence, Mary Stolper, flute, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor (Cedille Records CDR 90000 046 * BUY THE CD)
Barbara Pentland: Octet for Winds, The Turning Point Ensemble, Owen Underhill, conductor (Centrediscs CD entitled "Disasters of the Sun," CMC CD 11806 * BUY THE CD)

Program #265
Composer/Performers
Susan Botti: Jabberwocky, Susan Botti, voice, Paul Guerguerian, percussion (CRI CD 802 * BUY THE CD)
Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté: Markantes Stück for two pianos and orchestra, Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté at one piano and Hans Weber at the other, The Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Wilhelm Schüchter, conductor (Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation CD * BUY THE CD)
Kathryn Mishell: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Robert Rudié, violin, Douglas Harvey, cello, Kathryn Mishell, piano (Pierian CD #0051; release date 2015 * BUY THE CD)
HyeKyung Lee: Opposed Directions for disklavier and live-electronics, HyeKyung Lee, performer (First Wave Music CD * BUY THE CD)

Program #266
French Music from the 17^th and 18^th Centuries
Julie Pinel: Rossignols vous chantez, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Julie Pinel: Boccages frais, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Mlle. Ann or Marguerite Bocquet: Prélude and Allemande, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Mlle. Herault: Bergères, voulez vous m'en croire, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Julie Pinel: Cantille: Le Printemps, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Mlle. Herville: Vous partez, belle Iris, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Mlle. Denis: a drinking song, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Rigaudon from Suite I for clavecin, excerpts from Violin Sonata in d minor, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Mlle. Bataille: Craignez l'Amour et sa colère, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)
Mlle. ***: Aux plus heureux Amants, La Donna Musicale ("The Pleasure of Love and Libation: Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women," La Donna Musicale CD03 * BUY THE CD)

Program #267
Three More Canadians
Jean Coulthard: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Robert Silverman, pianist, with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Dwight Bennet, conductor (Centrediscs CD CMCCD 8202 * BUY THE CD)
Norma Beecroft: Collage '76, The New Music Concerts Ensemble, Toronto (Centrediscs CD CMCCD 9303 * BUY THE CD)
Mary Gardiner: Turnabout, Elaine Keillor, pianist (Conservatory Canada CD 3555 * BUY THE CD)

Program #268
String Quartet Music
Elizabeth Bell: First String Quartet, The Moyzes Quartet (MMC2082 * BUY THE CD)
Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: Quartet No. 2, The Erato Quartet of Switzerland (CPO 999 679-2 * BUY THE CD)
Onuto Narbutaite: String Quartet No. 2: "Open the Door of Oblivion" (Edel company CD ACA 8503-2 * BUY THE CD)

Program #269
Dream House
Mary Ellen Childs: Dream House for string quartet, ETHEL (Innova 67 * BUY THE CD)

Program #270
The French Connection
Elizabeth Vercoe: Herstory III, Sharon Mabry, mezzo-soprano, Rosemary Platt, piano (Owl-35 * BUY THE CD)
Ida Gotkovsky: Concerto for Saxophone and Symphonic Band, The Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides, Norbert Nozy, conductor (Rene Gailly International Productions CD87037)
Germaine Tailleferre: Suite Burlesque for piano, four-hands, Aldo Orvieto and Renato Maioli, pianists (Dynamics CD S 2010 * BUY THE CD)

Program #271
The Best of 2007
Clarice Assad: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop conductor (NSS Music * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: The Legend of Heimdall, John Griffiths, tuba, Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg, Richard Raum, conductor (private label recording available at the composer's website)
Jean Coulthard: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Robert Silverman, pianist, with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Dwight Bennet, conductor (Centrediscs CD CMCCD 8202 * BUY THE CD)