Diversity, equity and inclusion are concepts that have come to the fore in the last number of years. In the world of classical music, audiences have been introduced – or re-introduced – to the music of women composers past and present. CityMusic Cleveland's 2020-21 season is titled "Celebrating Women's Rights to Vote and Create," and this week on Ovations, WCLV brings you performances from two chamber concerts in that series, recorded in the historic Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus in Cleveland's Slavic Village. Featured is music for string quartet by African-American composer Florence Price and English composer, author and suffragist Dame Ethel Smyth, and a piano quintet by American composer and pianist Amy Beach. There will also be works by Robert Schumann and Heitor Villa-Lobos. Be sure to tune in Wednesday night at 8 on WCLV 104/9 FM or listen online at wclv.org.
Repertoire:
Florence Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet
Dame Ethel Smyth: Quintet for Two Violins, Viola and Two Cellos in E Major, Op. 1
Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Aria (Cantilena)" from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Robert Schumann: Fantasy Tales for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 132