Tag: female composers 2019

The Daffodil Perspective 1st Year Stats

And the stats are out. 1 year of a gender balanced classical music show, how did it go?

1 year, 42 shows, 55 hours of music.

409 composers including 204 female composers, 155 living composers and 40 BAME composers/composers of colour.

33 hours of music by women composers, 13 hours of music by living women composers, 6.75 hours of music by BAME composers/composers of colour

584 pieces including 339 by female composers.

14 pieces per week on average including 8 by women, 3 by living composers and from May onwards every show had at least 1 piece by a BAME compose/composer of colour.

Most Played Composer: Florence Price (14 times)

Mozart was played twice, Bach twice and Beethoven once.

See the full infographic report here: The Daffodil Perspective 1st Year Analysis

And see the complete tracklist here

 

Elizabeth de Brito

Producer and Presenter

The Daffodil Perspective

The Daffodil Perspective 14th July 2019

 

Tracklist

Airtime Composer Work Performer Album Label Buy
0 Fela Sowande African Suite 1. Joyful Day Chicago Sinfonietta, Paul Freeman African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol 1 Cedille Records Presto
4.25 Keiko Abe Dream of the Cherry Blossoms Katarzyna Mycka (marimba) Marimba Spiritual Audite Presto
10.25 Yuyama Divertimento for Marimba and Alto Saxophone Daniella Ganeva (marimba) Simon Harum Time for Marimba Signum Presto
14.15 Sueyoshi Mirage Cornelia Monske Percussion Concertante Audite Presto
22.07 Keiko Abe Wind Sketch for Solo marimba Bogdan Bacanu Marimba D’Amore: Works by Keiko Abe Classic Concert Records Presto
28.57 Miki Marimba Spiritual Keiko Abe, Kroumata Percussion Ensemble Japanese Percussion BIS Presto
36.4 Keiko Abe Marimba D’Amore Bogdan Bacanu Marimba D’Amore: Works by Keiko Abe Classic Concert Records Presto
49 Francesca Lebrun Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 1, No. 3 1. Allegro Dana Maiben (violin )& Monica Jakuc (fortepiano) Sonatas (6) for fortepiano and violin, Op. 1 Presto
55.32 Danzi Concertante for flute, clarinet & orchestra Op. 41 ames Galway (flute), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber, J Franz Danzi: Concertos, Op. 31 & Op. 41 RCA Presto
1.02.24 Ronnie Reshef Ambiguous Kafka instrumental Suite Old Stories New Ensemble, Baritone: Seth Gilman, Violin: Brendan Speltz, Clarinet: Ben Ringer, Tuba: Matt Muszinski N/A N/A N/A
1.08.38 Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor Isata Kanneh Mason, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann Decca Presto
1.16.20 Marilena Zlatanou 5 Sketches Ensemble Chaminade The Other Half Of Music Dynamic Presto
1.24.27 Adriana Figuorea Mañas Tangominioatures 1. Nostalgias Ensemble Chaminade The Other Half Of Music Dynamic Presto
1.29.37 Chopin Prelude No. 7 in A Murray Perahia Murray Perahia plays Chopin Sony Presto