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The Daffodil Perspective 31st July 2020

August 15, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, daffodil perspective, gender balance, gender balanced radio show, gender equality, herstory rewritten, jessie montgomery, liu zhuang

Latest show available to listen now for 14 days. Today exploring the music of 20th

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The Daffodil Perspective 20th December 2019

December 20, 2019October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments ballad of the brown king, coleridge-taylor, daffodil perspective, diana cemeryte, elizabeth poston, gender balance, gender balance classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, juice vocal ensemble, margaret bonds, olivia sparkhall, papagena, papagena darkest midnight, rimsky korsakov, rosenphanye powell, samuel coleridge taylor, snow queens juice vocal ensemble, winter wonderland

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The Daffodil Perspective’s Classical Recordings of the Year 2019

December 14, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 1 Comment 10 best black composers 2019, 10 best female composers 2019, album of the year, albums of the year, alice farnham, as one transgender opera, ballad of the brown king, best black composers 2019, best female composers 2019, black classical musicians, black classical musicians 2019, black composer album 2019, black composer series, black composers, black composers 2019, black musicians 2019, black swans, chen yi, classical music, classical recordings of the year, classical recordings of the year 2019, coming up for air, donut robot, erika fox, erika fox kate romano, erika fox paths, female composer album 2019, female composers, female composers 2019, feminist, gender balance, gender balance classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, historical black composers, historical female composers, kathryn williams, langston hughes ballad of the brown king, laura kaminsky as one, le dernier sorcier, leslie gerber, lost women of music, margaret bonds, pan pacific ensemble, pan pacific ensemble feng, parnassus records, pauline viardot, post haste reed duo, recording of the year, recordings of the year, recordings of the year 2019, suffrage sinfonia, women composers 2019

Recordings of the Year aren’t just about being good or amazing. Everything I play on

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The Daffodil Perspective 6th December 2019

December 6, 2019October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments anna amalia, clarinet female composer, classical bias, classical music, classical music inequality, daffodil perspective, duchess anna amalia, female composers, female composers 2019, gender balance, gender equality, gender equality classical music, iceland symphony orchestra, jocelyn freeman, maria sigfusdottir, music, new classical album, new classical releases, rhian samuel, seckendorff, ty cerdd, women classical composers, women composers

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December 4, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, daffodil perspective, diversity classical music, female composer, female composers 2019, gender balance, gender balance classical music, gender balanced radio show, marginalised music, women composers

The 1st gender balanced show needs your help to continue. The Daffodil Perspective is the 1st

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The Daffodil Perspective 18th October 2019

October 18, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments 2019 women composers, alondra de la parra, cello sonata, classical music, daffodil perspective, female composers, female composers classical music, gender balance, gender balance classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, glanville hicks, jose silvestre white, laura netzel, new releases by women composers, new releases female composers, peggy glanville hicks, peter sculthorpe, programming for justice, rachel barton pine, rebeca omordia, women classical composers, women classical music, women composers

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The Daffodil Perspective 6th September 2019

September 6, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, daffodil perspective, divine art recordings, esther fluckiger, female composers, gender balance, gender balance classical music, gender balance in classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, gordfon jacob, malcolm arnold, pianoversal, ruth gipps, women composers

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The Daffodil Perspective 28th July 2019

July 28, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments 50/50 gender pledge, ana sokolovic, classical new albums 2019, classical new releases, daffodil perspective, elles marina thibeault, gender balance, gender balance classical music, gender balance in classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, keychange, new releases, sirenes, women composers, women composers 2019

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The Daffodil Perspective 7th July 2019

July 7, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments african heritage symphonic series, black composers, cedille, cedille records, chen yi, chen yi spring festival, chicago sinfonietta, classical music, contem, contemporary classical, contemporary classical music, contemporary corner, daffodil perspective, dutch female composers, dutch women composers, elfrida andree, elfrida andree organ, elfrida andree organ symphony, elisabeth kuyper, erika fox, erika fox paths, female composer, female composers, female wind band composers, feminism, fritiof's suite, gender balance, gender balance in classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, gender equality in classical music, gender parity, gender parity in classical music, goldfield ensemble, jennifer bernard merkowitz, malinconia militaire, midsommervaka, music, nmc recordings, romantic composers, romantic women composers, Rutgers Wind Ensemble, spring festival, stockholm symphony orchestra, swedish classical music, swedish women composers, symphony, ulysses kay, william chapman nyaho, woman composer, women composers, women wind band compose, women wind band composers

Tracklist Airtime Composer Work Performer Album Label Buy 0 Ulysses Kay Overture to Theater Set

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The Daffodil Perspective 12th May 2019

May 12, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 1 Comment amy beach, ana oltean, arden trio, caroline charriere, classical music, contemporary classical, fanfare for the uncommon woman, female composer, female composers, feminism, flute, flute music, gaelic symphony, gender balance, gender equality, gender equality in classical music, gender equity, george chadwick, Hilary hahn, in 27 pieces, jeanine rueff, joan tower, kirsten johnson, ladies first, Michiru Oshima, minnesota orchestra, monte piano trio, piano trio, pro arts orchestra, second new england school, shanna metallidi, simon bucher, sullivan, women composer, women composers

Tracklist Airtime Composer Work Performer Album Label Buy 0 Sullivan Yeomen of the Guard

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The Daffodil Perspective 16th April 2019

April 16, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, contemporary classical, emilie mayer, feminism, gender balance, gender equality, gender equality in classical music, music, music radio, parma recordings, sarah wallin huff, women composers

Tracklist Airtime Composer Work Performer Album Label Link to Buy 0 Bernstein Magnificent Seven

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The Daffodil Perspective 26th March 2019

March 27, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments chamber music, classical music, contemporary classical, contemporary corner, florence price, gender balance, gender equality, grace williams, grandjany, henriette renie, jenni pinnock, madeleine mitchell, music, pauline viardot, pierne, samantha ege, tamara konstantin, wind band music, women composers

So much exciting music on the show to share this week. Composer Of The Week

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A-Z of classical composers – gender equal edition

March 16, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments amy beach, Bach, Beethoven, boulanger, chaminade, classical music, Composers, elisabeth lutyens, female composers, feminism, florence price, gender balance, gender bias, gender equality, gender parity, lera auerbach, misogyny, Mozart, sexism, women composers

A few days ago John Suchet at the BBC tweeted about composers whose names begin

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Gender equality is for life, not just International Women’s Day

March 8, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments abc classic fm, amanda maier], balance for better, bbc, cadogan hall, Classical, classical music, classical music industry, dame elizabeth maconchy, diversity, elizabeth maconchy, exclusion, female composers, feminism, gender balance, gender bias, gender equality, gender inequality, gender parity, inequality, international women's day, international women's day 2019, iwd, iwd 2019, louise farrenc, music, prejudice, proms, sexism, Suffrage, woman composer, women composers

International Women’s Day is upon us again and like every year there are tons of

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What is ‘greatness’ in classical music?

February 23, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 6 Comments amy beach, barbara strozzi, boulanger, chicago symphony orchestra, classical music, dame elizabeth maconchy, elisabeth lutyens, elizabeth maconchy, emilie mayer, ethel smyth, female composers, feminism, feminist, florence price, gender balance, gender bias, gender equality, great composers, kapralova, louise farrenc, lutyens, Marianna Martines, misogny, music, nadia boulanger, prejudice, racism, sexism, Suffrage, symphony, women composers

Everyone’s got this image of all the ‘great’ composers. They’re all dead white men. British

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The Daffodil Perspective 12th February 2019

February 13, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments amy beach, cambridge female composers festival, chandos, clara schumann, classical music, contemporary classical, contemporary corner, court composer, dame ethel smyth, ethel smyth, female composers, feminism, feminist, francesca caccini, frescobaldi, gender balance, gender equality, gender equity, harlem renaissance, jacopo peri, joanna ward, kurt weill, langston hughes, marco da gagliano, medici, medici court, music of the medici court, opera, sexism, tasmin little, women composers

This show we’re going back to the Baroque with Francesca Caccini, in 1625 she became

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What’s the point? A brief look at one of the problems faced to get women composers noticed.

February 10, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 1 Comment amy beach, chandos, chandos records, clara schumann, Classical, classical music, dame ethel smyth, discrimination, diversity, equality, ethel smyth, female composers, feminism, feminist, gender balance, gender bias, gender equality, gender equity, misogyny, music, new album, new releases, patriarchy, prestoclassical, Schumann, sexism, sexist, tasmin little, violin, violin sonata, women composers

Say you’re a world famous violinist. There’s a great violin piece you’ve heard by a

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The Daffodil Perspective 15th January 2018

January 16, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments anna bon, bayreuth, bernard joachim hagen, chamber music, classical music, contemporary classical, durward ensemble, esterhazy, female composers, feminism, florence price, gender balance, gender equality, gender parity, Haydn, johann stamitz, laura schwartz, lisa neher, patriarchy, sexism, women composers

This week exploring the work of early classical composer Anna Bon and her life in

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The Daffodil Perspective 7th January 2018

January 9, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments 2018, classical music, feminism, gender balance, gender equality, gender parity, music, new album, new releases, patriarchy, sexism, women composers

My completely gender balanced round up of classical music releases from 2018 is here! Featuring

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Venus Unwrapped – the start of a brave new world for women or a quickly forgotten publicity stunt?

January 5, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments anna meredith, aurora orchestra, Classical, classical music, contemporary classical, English Symphony Orchestra, ensemble, female composers, feminism, gender balance, gender bias, gender parity, Kings Place, missy mazzoli, music, orchestra, orchestra of the age of enlightenment, piatti quartet, sexism, stile antico, Venus Unwrapped, women composers

Kings Place is starting the series Venus Unwrapped this Thursday, a year long series celebrating

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The Daffodil Perspective is a revolutionary new radio show based in London, UK, rewriting classical music history with a more accurate and gender balanced account.

The Daffodil Perspective is showing how women fit into our current version of classical music history and exploring the stories of these women, their music and monumental achievements. Each episode features at least 50% of pieces and airtime by women composers.

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