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Jacqueline Nova Sondag (1935-1975)
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Acerca de Creación de la tierra, Jacqueline Nova explicó:

“Esta obra, realizada en 1972, se basa en una investigación sobre la voz humana hecha en el Laboratorio de Acústica y Electroacústica de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. La composición se trabajó sobre un texto original indígena Tunebo (grupo perteneciente a la región del Sarare, en el norte del departamento de Boyacá, Colombia). La obra está íntegramente basada en la voz, más exactamente en algunos de los cantos originales de los indios Tunebos a la creación de la tierra. En la obra, no hay un solo elemento extraño a la voz del indígena, así, los ‘continuos’, los elementos rítmicos, los timbres diferentes que se oyen en la obra, son de origen estrictamente vocal, pero transformados electrónicamente con un procedimiento que hace ininteligible la voz, o poco inteligible, logrando así su transformación total para la realización de la obra. Está dividida en siete secciones que contienen elementos de tipo continuo y elementos de tipo discontinuo que se combinan entre sí a través del total. La voz se reconoce por momentos y en la sección intermedia luego de una cita de la voz en creciente intensidad, aparece un Coral grabado a seis voces (tomado y elaborado con los mismos cantos) y luego la insistencia de un ritmo insinuado al comienzo, para terminar la obra con la aparición de la voz en forma inteligible”.

Creacion de la tierra (Jacqueline Nova Sondag)

In honor of Women's History Month and in coordination with other Free Library of Philadelphia Special Collections focused on women artists, Fleisher Discoveries focuses on works by five women composers:
♪ Lili Boulanger (1893–1918). D’un matin de printemps (1917–18)
♪ Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991). The Crystal Lake (1946)
♪ Joelle Wallach (b.1946). Shadows, Sighs and Songs of Longing (1991)
♪ Gloria Coates (b.1938). Symphony No. 7, 2nd movement, “Glass of Time”
♪ Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847). Ouverture

As for the +1? Well, two of the performances we feature this month manifested under the baton of Maestra JoAnn Falletta.

The Crystal Lake by Elinor Remick Warren, as recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Ronald Corp, was used courtesy of and is available from the  Dutton Epoch label (CDLX 7235) at www.duttonvocalion.co.uk . 

Shadows, Sighs and Songs of Longing by Joelle Wallach, performed by the National Slovak Radio Orchestra with Joel Suben conducting, was recorded on the Capstone Records label (CPS-8689). This and other recordings 
of works by Dr. Wallach are linked through her website, joellewallach.com/ 

Symphony No. 7: II. Glass of Time by Gloria Coates recorded by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Olaf Henzold conducting was used courtesy of Naxos. The work is included along with symphonies nos. 1 and 14 on CD  8.559289.

D'un matin de printemps by Lili Boulanger and Overture by Fanny Mendelssohn, performed by the Women's Philharmonic under the baton of JoAnn Falletta, was recorded on the Koch International Classics label (3-7169-2H1).

We are deeply grateful to our many musical partners who helped make our March program possible with kind permissions to feature these tracks. Special thanks go to JoAnn Falletta, Joelle Wallach, Oliver Lomax (Dutton Epoch),and Barbara Ledman and Lauren Gudmonson (Naxos).

Fleisher Discoveries - March 2019: Five Women Artists (+1)

"This symphony was written with an outraged spirit. It is not intended to be beautiful in the sentimental sense. It is a protest against intolerance, prejudice, pretense, and sham. A protest against would-be humanitarians who talk much and do nothing. A protest against the world civilization which starves millions in peacetime and destroys these same millions in wartime." - John Becker

Fleisher Discoveries - January 2021: John J. Becker (AIMF)

Kile Smith hosts Fleisher Discoveries. Gary Galván curates the Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia

Fleisher Discoveries - March 2019: Five Women Artists (+1)

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