UNBOUND: Music by Women Composers Since the Age of Enlightenment, is a program of works by women composers, several of whom faced significant barriers in having their compositions performed and being recognized as serious composers. This was especially so with those women composers active during or shortly after the Age of Enlightenment. During this period and into the 19th and early 20th centuries, societal norms and institutional restrictions often limited women’s access to formal musical training, performance opportunities, and publication of their works.
Works by Anna Bon di Venezia, Isabella Colbran, Pauline Viardot, Cécile Chaminade, Alma Mahler, Marion Bauer, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and Margarita Zelenaia
Performed by the Zephyra Trio: Laura Falzon – flute, Anna Tonna – mezzo, Olga Gurevich – piano