Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers (CD)

Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers (CD)

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[[Description]]“Mei-Ann Chen leads the Sinfonietta in propulsive performances of all six works. There’s more than enough rhythmic energy to go around, but these aren’t simply muscular readings: the Price, Esmail and Higdon scores are craftily phrased, while the Assad and Montgomery works gambol amiably. In all, then, this is a timely and inviting winner of an album.” — The Arts FuseConductor Mei-Ann Chen and the Chicago Sinfonietta — the adventurous, MacArthur Award-winning orchestra that champions racial, ethnic and gender diversity in classical music — give world-premiere recordings of newly commissioned American works by Jennifer Higdon, Clarice Assad, Jessie Montgomery and Reena Esmail on Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers, the capstone project of its 30th anniversary season.Higdon, winner of a Pulitzer Prize and two Grammy Awards, invites listeners to luxuriate in the beauty of a virtuosic string orchestra with Dance Card, a five-moment suite that San Francisco Classical

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