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Hildegard von Bingen: 12th-Century Ecstasy

Posted: 09/03/19 09:09 | 0 Comments

After writing about one of the most important living composers, Unsuk Chin, for International Women’s Day, I’m continuing with a post about one of the very earliest composers we know of: Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), and her utterly unique contribution to the early history of western music.

In Conversation with: Joanna Ward

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Posted: 08/03/19 09:42 | 0 Comments

International Women’s Day 2019. Friday, 8 March. Joanna Ward is a composer, performer, and curator. She has written a short opera, ‘hunger’, which was written and premiered at ENO Lilian Baylis House, and later taken to the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Listen to Unsuk Chin – Now!

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Posted: 07/03/19 09:32 | 1 Comments

Two things prompted me to write this blog post: the news that composer Unsuk Chin has been awarded the Hamburg Bach Prize and the approach of International Women’s Day- Friday 8 March 2019.