{"id":10565,"date":"2021-05-07T14:18:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=10565"},"modified":"2021-05-21T11:23:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T10:23:49","slug":"minervan-miniatures-the-four-seasons-by-women-composers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/05\/07\/minervan-miniatures-the-four-seasons-by-women-composers\/","title":{"rendered":"Minervan Miniatures: The Four Seasons by women composers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the fun of exploring new repertoire is coming up with creative ideas for programming it; and for the <em><strong>Minervan Miniatures<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>recital series next year, exploring forgotten or neglected piano repertoire by women composers, here&#8217;s a foretaste of how that might work &#8211; <strong><em>The Four Seasons<\/em> by Women Composers<\/strong>, a suite of pieces reflecting the changing seasons, all written by women.<\/p>\n<p>Not your usual Vivaldi!<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nbt4DB4iSSo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suite I&#8217;ve put together is of music by Marguerite Balutet, Mary Earl, Carrie Williams Krogmann, Tatiana Stankovych and Nannie Louise Wright, ranging from the opening <em>Valzer di Primavera<\/em> through to <em>Autumn: A Tone Poem<\/em> and closing with\u00a0<em>Winter<\/em> and <em>A Skating Carnival.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See more of the repertoire in the series on our YouTube playlist <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLejwBqdJPDRDve2ozkL_OpwzSykWqFUt2\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/05\/07\/minervan-miniatures-the-four-seasons-by-women-composers\/&amp;t=Minervan Miniatures: The Four Seasons by women composers' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Minervan Miniatures: The Four Seasons by women composers%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/05\/07\/minervan-miniatures-the-four-seasons-by-women-composers\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/05\/07\/minervan-miniatures-the-four-seasons-by-women-composers\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/05\/07\/minervan-miniatures-the-four-seasons-by-women-composers\/&amp;title=Minervan Miniatures: The Four Seasons by women composers' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/05\/07\/minervan-miniatures-the-four-seasons-by-women-composers\/&amp;title=Minervan Miniatures: The Four Seasons by women composers' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the fun of exploring new repertoire is coming up with creative ideas for programming it; 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