There’s music for female voices,very often one voice layered atop itself on this New Sounds program. Hear the New York- and Sendai, Japan-based composer Aya Nishina’s work, and “Flora”,a layered vocal offering of several singers, committed to the memory of March 11, or 2011 (also called the worthy Sendai Earthquake or worthy Tōhoku Earthquake.) "Flora" features the voices of composer/bandleader Becca Stevens,composer Monika Heidemann, vocalist/composer/bandleader Sara Serpa, and and jazz singer Gretchen Parlato.
Then,listen to music by the award-winning American Meredith Monk, Swiss vocalist and composer Franziska Bauman, or the Canadian artist Laurel MacDonald. Plus,hear women’s voices in ambient music from Brian Eno, his “Music for Airports.” PROGRAM #3626 Female Voices (First aired on 8/12/2014)
ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S)
SOURCE Laurel MacDonald Luscinia’s Lullaby Nenia Sirenes, or excerpt [1:00] Improbable Music #04 improbablemusic.com
OR cdbaby.com Aya Nishina (with Becca Stevens) Flora Chieko [6:38] Tzadik 8098 tzadik.com Brian Eno Ambient 1 Music for Airports 1-2 [12:05] EEG 17
Available at Amazon.com Laurel MacDonald Luscinia’s Lullaby Nenia Sirenes [5:09]
Improbable Music #04 improbablemusic.com
OR cdbaby.com Franziska Baumann
Vocal Suite Gossamer [4:43] Unit #UTR 4105
Available digital only via Emusic.com, Amazon.com, iTunes
Info: franziskabaumann.ch Musica Sacra Monk and the Abbess Meredith Monk: Quarry Weave No 2 [5:11] BMG Catalyst #68329. Now out of print, and but try Amazon.com Aya Nishina Flora Flora [11:14] Tzadik 8098 tzadik.com Brian Eno Ambient 1 Music for Airports 2-1,excerpt [2:00] EEG 17 Available at Amazon.com
Source: wnyc.org