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Unheard Voices
Women Composers & Their Stories

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Overview
Performers
Programme

On this International Women’s Day, Carola Emrich-Fisher, mezzo-soprano and Lara Dodds-Eden, piano will present Unheard Voices: Women Composers & Their Stories. With six different languages, three continents and several centuries represented, this recital offers a glimpse into the vast repertoire of women composers' works.

Women composers are still underrepresented in the canon of Classical music, and little research has been undertaken into some composers simply because they were women and not as well-known in their time. Luckily, the world is gradually discovering the wealth of repertoire composed by women in the past, and contemporary women composers are more and more represented in concert halls.

This recital will be a journey of discovery: from little-known Romantic composers, such as Josephine Lang, Dora Pejačević, Clara Faisst, Johanna Müller-Hermann and Margarete Schweikert, to 20th century composers Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Henriette Boesmanns, Rebecca Clarke, Amy Beach, Marion Bauer, Florence Price and Vítězslava Kaprálová, to contemporary composers Shirley Thompson, Virginia Firnberg, Cecilia Livingston and Alice Ping Yee Ho.

These women composers were and are trailblazers of their time, breaking conventions and pursuing their work, despite immense challenges. The concert will not only present these composers’ works but will shed light on the fascinating life stories and accomplishments of these women.
 

Performers

Carola Emrich Fisher - mezzo-soprano
German-American Carola Emrich-Fisher has appeared as soloist and ensemble member in major concert halls of the US, UK and Europe. She holds an MM (distinction) from the Longy School of Music and a BM (honours) from New England Conservatory. To learn more about Carola, please visit her website or her Instagram.

Lara Dodds-Eden - pianist
Australian-born Lara Dodds-Eden received her doctorate from the University of Toronto after postgraduate studies in the UK. As a specialist song and choral accompanist, she has performed extensively in the UK, Australia, Canada and Europe. To learn more about Lara, please visit her website.

Programme

Josephine Lang (1815-1880) - Herbstgefühl from Liederbuch Vol. 2 No. 16

Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) - Ein Lied Op. 11 
- Warum? Op. 13

Clara Faisst (1872-1948) - Abendlied from Drei Lieder Op. 20, No. 1

Margarete Schweikert (1887-1957) - Frühlingslied Op. 12 No. 1

Johanna Müller-Hermann (1868-1941) - Wie eine Vollmondnacht from Vier Lieder Op. 20 No. 4

Henriette Boesmanns (1895-1952) - Six Préludes No. 4
- Six Préludes No. 3

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) - Reflets LB9 (1911)

Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) - Soir d’hiver (1914-15) NB49

Amy Beach (1867–1944) - The Blackbird, from Op. 11 (1889)

Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979) - Two Songs (1912)
- I Shy One
- II The Cloths of Heaven

Marion Bauer (1882–1955) - Epitaph of a Butterfly  (1921)

Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940) - Jarní pout” No. 4  from Jablko s klína Op. 10 (1936)

Florence Price (1887–1953) - Fantasy in Purple (ca. 1940)

Alice Ping Yee Ho - Winter No. 4 from Four Seasons Ballade

Cecilia Livingston - IV & V from Hyacinth

Shirley Thompson - New Day

Virginia Firnberg - El niño, No. 1 from El arte de la pesca