The 麻豆社 Singers, together with conductor Grace Rossiter and organist Anna Lapwood mark International Women鈥檚 Day with a live broadcast of music by leading women composers of the 21st Century.
The 麻豆社 Singers, together with conductor Grace Rossiter and organist Anna Lapwood mark International Women鈥檚 Day with a live broadcast of music by leading women composers of the 21st Century.
The 麻豆社 Singers, together with conductor Grace Rossiter and organist Anna Lapwood mark International Women鈥檚 Day with a live broadcast of music by leading women composers of the 21st Century. At the heart of the programme are three world premieres, including a 麻豆社 commission written for the occasion by Australian-American composer Melissa Dunphry, setting 鈥業 am the world鈥� by the Irish poet Dora Sigerson Shorter.
The 麻豆社 Singers and conductor Grace Rossiter are joined by organist and broadcaster Anna Lapwood, who plays works commissioned from her own new anthology of organ pieces by women composers, including Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, a former finalist in the 麻豆社 Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition, whose Mass for the Mystery of Faith also receives its world premiere in this concert.
Programme: Gregorian chant Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam Kristina Arakelyan Star Fantasy for organ June Nixon Alleluias (world premiere) Kerensa Briggs Hear my prayer Sarah MacDonald Attende Domine for organ Melissa Dunphy I am the world (麻豆社 Commission, world premiere) Cecilia McDowall Veni Creator for organ Judith Bingham Ave Virgo Sanctissima Ghislaine Reece-Trapp Mass for the Mystery of Faith (world premiere) Ghislaine Reece-Trapp In Paradisum for organ
