International Women’s Day

9 March 2021

Yesterday was International Women’s Day, and over the course of the day on our Facebook and Twitter we shared twenty-four hourly posts, from Midnight through to 11:00pm, of choral music written by women. The sequence was constructed chronologically, beginning with O tu illustrata by Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and ending with Sing to the Moon by Laura Mvula (b 1986).
 

International Women’s Day

Cheryl Camm

Works ranged in scale from simple choral songs with piano accompaniment, to a cappella works in many parts, and large-scale works for chorus and orchestra. The post which reached the largest number of followers, and had the largest number of engagements was Cheyl Camm’s (b 1964) Cantate Domino, one of her five choral Christmas Fanfares which utilises rhythms from Balinese Gamelan to great effect.

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Laura Mvula (b 1986)

Midnight - Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) - O tu illustrata

1:00am - Maddalena Casulana (1544-90) - Morte – Che Vôi? – Te Chiamo

2:00am - Sulpitia Cesis (1577-1619) - Dulce nomen Iesu Christe

3:00am - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-78) - Gloria in altissimis Deo

4:00am - Maria Xaveria Peruchone (1652-1709) - Cessate tympana, cessate praelia

5:00am - Marianna Martines (1744-1812) - Dixit Dominus

6:00am - Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824) - Es ist ein’ Ros’

7:00am - Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-47) - Hiob

8:00am - Clara Schumann (1819-96) - Drei gemischte chöre

9:00am - Emma Mundella (1858-96) - The Desert

10:00am - Amy Beach (1867-1944) - Kyrie from Mass in E flat

11:00am - Florence Price (1887-1953) - Praise the Lord

Noon - Morfydd Owens (1891-1918) - He prayeth best who loveth best

1:00pm - Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) - Vielle prière bouddhique

2:00pm - Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989) - Scenes from the Life of a Martyr

3:00pm - Imogen Holst (1907-84) - Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go?

4:00pm - - Julia Perry (1924-79) - How beautiful are the feet

5:00pm - Cecilia McDowall (b 1951) - The Girl from Aleppo

6:00pm - Judith Weir (b 1954) - Like to the falling of a star

7:00pm - Errollyn Wallen (b 1958) - See that I am God

8:00pm - Cheryl Camm (b 1964) - Cantate Domino

9:00pm - Sungji Hong (b 1973) - Pater Noster

10:00pm - Anna Thorvaldsdottir (b 1977) - Heyr þú oss himnum á

11:00pm - Laura Mvula (b 1986) - Sing to the Moon