Women composers: classical, jazz and contemporary.
Programming & presentation: Patricia Werner Leanse.
1. Mary Knight Wood (Massachusetts,1857-1944). Ashes of Roses (1893), art song.
2. Hildur Guðnadóttir (Iceland, 1982).
Opaque (2009), for cello.
3. Kaija Saariaho (Finland, 1952).
The Grammar of Dreams (1989), for soprano, contralto, and chamber ensemble.
4. Cécile Chaminade (France, 1857-1844).
‘Callirhoë’ Air de Ballet (1890), for piano.
5. Sally Beamish (UK, 1956). Under the Wing of the Rock (2006), for alto saxophone and strings.
6. Annette Peacock (New York, 1941).
a. Been in the Strings too long (1983). b. Nothing ever was, anyway (1996), for piano, double bass and drums.
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