Louise Farrenc was the only female on the faculty of the Paris Conservatory during the whole of the 19th century. Of course, she was only allowed to teach women, but she fought for, and eventually received, equal pay.
Join me this afternoon on The Classical Network, on her birthday anniversary, as we listen to her Symphony No. 3. We’ll also mark the birthdays of “Godzilla” composer Akira Ifukube, countertenor Alfred Deller, mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett, the “English Gershwin” Billy Mayerl, and French Baroque master Marin Marais.
The afternoon will begin with a visit from Chiu-Tze Lin, music director of the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra. She’ll drop by to talk about this Sunday’s season finale, which will take place at Princeton Alliance Church in Plainsboro. The concert will feature winners of the orchestra’s 2017 Young Artists Competition and a performance of “The Moldau” from Bedřich Smetana’s masterpiece of Czech nationalism, “Ma Vlast.”
I hope you’ll join me on your afternoon commute (hopefully you won’t be driving all the way from Bohemia), from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
PHOTO: Chiu-Tze Lin conducts the Bravura Philharmonic