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Program #272
Eighth Anniversary — Orchestral
Margaret Brouwer: Pulse, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwartz, conductor (Naxos 8.559259 * BUY THE CD)
Nancy Van de Vate: A Peacock Southeast Flew: Concerto for Pipa and Orchestra, Gao Hong, pipa, Moravian Philharmonic, Jiri Mikula, conductor (VMM 3043)
Margaret Lucy Wilkins: Symphony, Timisoara Symphony Orchestra, Barrie Webb, conductor (VMM 3055)

Program #273
Off Center
Madeleine Dring: Colour Suite and Other Bon-Bons, Leigh Kaplan, pianist (Cambria CD-1084 * BUY THE CD)
Ana Sokolovic: Cinq locomotives et quelques animaux, Ensemble contemporain de Montreal, Véeronique Lacroix, conductor (Canadian Music Centre CMCCD 11406 * BUY THE CD)
Madeleine Dring: Flute and Paino Dances, Louise Di Tullio, flutist and Leigh Kaplan, pianist (Cambria CD-1084 * BUY THE CD)
Hanna Kulenty: Drive Blues (Radio Netherlands CD, "More New Blues for Piano," NM Extra 98021 * BUY THE CD)

Program #274
Wind-Blown
Cindy McTee: Soundings, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor (Klavier disc K-11084 * BUY THE CD)
Ruth Gipps: Horn Concerto, Op.58, David Pryatt, horn, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite conductor (* BUY THE CD)
Carolyn Bremer: Early Light, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, conductor (Klavier * BUY THE CD)
Cindy McTee: Time Piece, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor (* BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: Sweet Dances, John Griffiths, tuba (CBC recording, "Extreme Tuba")

Program #275
The Percussive Universe
Margaret Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles, Evelyn Glennie, Percussionist, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Naxos CD entitled American Classics, Naxos 8.559250 * BUY THE CD)
Odaline de la Martinez: Canciones, Marina Tafur, singer,Martin Allen, percussion, and Shelagh Sutherland, piano (Lorelt CD, LNT103, * BUY THE CD)
Libby Larsen: Corker, Caroline Harti, clarinet, Robert Adney, percussion (Innova CD * BUY THE CD)
Yvonne Desportes: The One Man Band, from "The Flea Market," Albrecht Volz, percussion, and Andreas Baumann, piano

Program #276
Music for Love's Season
Julie Pinel and Mlle B***: Four Airs, La Donna Musicale (The Pleasures of Love and Libation, LA 07103 * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: Cinderella Suite, The Meininger-Trio (CD not yet released)
Anne Boyd: Cycle of Love, Counter tenor Hartley Newnham and the Tall Poppies Ensemble (Tall Poppies CD * BUY THE CD)

Program #277
Music for Chamber Orchestra
Margaret Brouwer: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Michi Wiancko, violin, City Music Cleveland LIVE, James Gaffigan, conductor (CMC-4 * BUY THE CD)
Linda Bouchard: Exquisite Fires, The National Arts Centre Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock, conductor (Marquis Classics 81219 2, EMI * BUY THE CD)
Augusta Read Thomas: Spirit Musings, Laura Russell, violin. Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor (Albany Records CD, Troy 347 * BUY THE CD)

Program #278
Van de Vate's Nemo
Nancy Van de Vate: Nemo: Beyond Vulkania, Zoltan Korda, Andrea Kotulovana, Elena, Jifi Klecker, Marek Olbrzymek, Adriana Hlasova. The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Toshiyuki Shimada, conductor (Vienna Modearn Masters CD, VMM 4002 * BUY THE CD)

Program #279
Grammy Awards
Jennifer Higdon: Zaka, Eighth Blackbird (Cedille Records CD, CDR 9000 094 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Made in America, Nashville Symphony, Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Naxos 8.559328 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Tambor, Nashville Symphony, Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Naxos 8.559328 * BUY THE CD)
Amy Beach: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 4 (excerpt), Mary Louise Boehm, pianist, Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Landau, conductor ( * BUY THE CD)

Program #280
The Seven Psalms of David
Antonia Padoani Bembo: The Seven Psalms of David: Psalm VI, La Donna Musicale (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 1 * BUY THE CD)
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonata in A, La Donna Musicale (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 1 * BUY THE CD)
Antonia Padoani Bembo: The Seven Psalms of David: Psalm CXLII, La Donna Musicale (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 1 * BUY THE CD)
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Prelude in D minor, Ruth McKay, harpsichord (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 2 * BUY THE CD)
Antonia Padoani Bembo: The Seven Psalms of David: Psalm XXXI, La Donna Musicale (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 2 * BUY THE CD)

Program #281
Brass, Brass, Brass, Brass
Augusta Read Thomas: Meditation for trombone and orchestra, Christian Lindberg, trombone, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn, conductor (Bis CD called American Trombone Concertos, Volume 2, Bis CD 788 * BUY THE CD)
Odette Gartenlaub: Pour le Cor, Lin Foulk, horn, Martha Fischer, piano ("Four Elements" CD put out by Lin Foulk (* BUY THE CD)
Katherine Hoover: Suite for Saxophones, The New York Saxophone Quartet (cd out of print)
Cindy McTee: Ballet for Band, The North Texas Wind Symphony conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporn (Klavier disc, K11144 * BUY THE CD)

Program #282
English and American String Quartets
Margaret Brouwer: Demeter Prelude, Cavani String Quartet (New World Records 80606-2 * BUY THE CD)
Doreen Carwithen: String Quartet No. 1, Sorrel Quartet (Chandos CD, CHAN 9596 * BUY THE CD)
Kathryn Mishell: String Quartet No.2, Miwako Watanabe and Connie Kupka, violins, Roland Kato, viola, David Spelz, cello (Pierian 0014 * BUY THE CD)

Program #283
Celebrating Passover and Earth Day
Dorothy Hindman: Jerusalem Windows, The Danilevsky Trio (CD "Demanding Music")
Alexina Louie: Music for Heaven and Earth, Esprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk, conductor (CBC Records CD * BUY THE CD)
Judith Shatin: View from Mt. Nebo, Da Capo Chamber Players (Innova CD entitled "Dreamtigers," Innova 613 * BUY THE CD)

Program #284
Concerto Hour
Katherine Hoover: Clarinet Concerto, Robert Spring, clarinet, Timothy Russell, conductor (Summit Records CD entitled "Black Dog," DCD 412 * BUY THE CD)
Barbara Harbach: Frontier Fancies, Frantisek Novotny, violin, Slovak Radio symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor conductor ( * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: Concerto del Garda, John Griffiths,tuba, Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg, Richard Raum, conductor (LOH 14342 * BUY THE CD)

Program #285
Twentieth & Twenty-first Century American Chamber Music
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite No. 2 for Four Strings and Piano, Pellegrini Quartet, pianist Reinhard Roth (CPO 999 670-24 * BUY THE CD)
Asha Srinivasan: Alone, Dancing, Kyungmi Lee, flutist (private recording)
Kathryn Mishell: Quintet for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano, Marianne Gedigian, flute, Robert Rudé, violin, Bruce Williams, viola, Douglas Harvey, cello, and Rick Rowley, piano (private recording)
Chin-Chin Chen: The Turning Point, Arthur Campbell, clarinetist (Gasparo GSCD-341 * BUY THE CD)
Belinda Reynolds: Cover, New Millennium Ensemble (Innova 653 * BUY THE CD)

Program #286
Earth, Air, Water, Mortality
Madeleine Dring: Three Piece Suite, Cynthia Green Libby, oboe, Peter Collins piano (Hester Park CD entitled Daystream Dances, CD 7707 * BUY THE CD)
Hilary Tann: Water's Edge, North/South Chamber Orchestra, Max Lifchitz, conductor (North/South Records CD entitled "American Tapestry" * BUY THE CD)
Rhian Samuel: Songs of Earth and Air, Sharon Mabry,mezzo-soprano, Rosemary Platt, piano (Capstone CD entitled Music by Women, CPS-8714 * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Bell: Perne in a Gyre, The Slovak Chamber Players (MMC 2082 * BUY THE CD)

Program #287
Seven composers for the 88
Marianne Martinez: Sonata in A major, Nancy Fierro, piano (Pelican LP entitled "The Romance of Women's Music," LP2017 )
Clara Schumann: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 16, Piece Fugitive, Op. 15, no. 1, Impromptu, Scherzo in C minor, op. 14, Nancy Fierro, piano (Pelican LP entitled "The Romance of Women's Music," LP2017)
Francoise Choveaux: Trois Romances en homage à Schumann, Op. 59, Anne Jomin, pianist (EP001001)
Fanny Hensel: Sonata in E Major, Leanne Rees, piano (Fleur de Son Classics CD, FDS 57939 * BUY THE CD)
Heather Schmidt: Sprint, Heather Schmidt performing (Centredisques CD, CMCCD 9603 * BUY THE CD)
Alex Shapiro: For my Father, Susanne Kessel, pianist (Oehms Classics, WDR 534 * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Lauer: Passe-partout Step, the composer was joined at the piano by Linda Maranis (Virtuosi Records CD entitled "Five Flower Rags" * BUY THE CD)

Program #288
It is My Heart Singing
Elizabeth Maconchy: Tenth String Quartet, Mistry String Quartet (Unicorn-Kanchana 1990 * BUY THE CD)
Tina Davidson: It is My Heart Singing, The Cassatt String Quartet, with Stephen Manes at the piano (Albany CD, Troy 842 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: In Memory, The Tokyo String Quartet ("American Classics," Naxos 8.559215 * BUY THE CD)

Program #289
Guitar Music from Five Centuries
Camilla de Rossi: Sinfonia from the Oratorium "Il Sacrifizio di Abramo," Chris Bilobram, guitarist ("Composition Féminine," VKJK 0422 * BUY THE CD)
Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi: Variazioni su un tema di Mercadante, Op. 9, Chris Bilobram, guitarist ("Composition Féminine," VKJK 0422 * BUY THE CD)
Ester Magi: Cantus and Processus, Ulrika Kristian, violin, and Heiki Mätlik, guitar (Finlandia CD * BUY THE CD)
Ida Presti: Danse Rythmique, Chris Bilobram, guitarist ("Composition Féminine," VKJK 0422 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Snow Dreams, Carol Wincenc, flute, Sharon Isbin, guitar ("Black Topaz," New World 80470-2 * BUY THE CD)
Maria Luisa Anido: Preludio pampeano, Melodia de Argentina, and Aire de vidalita Chris Bilobram, guitarist ("Composition Féminine," VKJK 0422 * BUY THE CD)
Clarice Assad: Ratchenitsa, and A Moda Antiga (private recording)

Program #290
Music for Cello and Orchestra
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 2, the Cello Symphony, Louisville Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Leighton Smith (First Edition CD * BUY THE CD)
Jennifer Higdon: Soliloquy, Kate Dillingham, cello, The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexei Kornienko, conductor ( * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Music for Cello and Orchestra, Lynn Harrell, cellist, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor ( * BUY THE CD)