Through examining Judith Weir’s woman.life.song (2000), the work presented in this written reflection is centered on the power of collaboration and context to create meaningful art and music that express important and often underrepresented experiences. Through a musical and sociological analysis of this piece, it is examined how the personal is political and how the creation of music and art are therefore inherently political projects. This paper argues that musicians have a responsibility to consciously select our repertoire: a conscience based upon an understanding of intersectionality. Such consciousness must take into account structures of sexism and racism, which positions music in its socio-political context and actively challenges the concept of “quality” as it is constructed in the art music canon. Placing the composer and authors within their broader socio-political contexts, it is argued that lifting pieces such woman.life.song are important contributions of a musician’s participation in music. This paper draws upon work in sociology that centers on identity to examine how structures of power impact the voices that are heard and that are represented in the musical canon. / <p><strong>Kristine Nowlain, sopran</strong></p><p></p><p>Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)</p><p>Depuis le jour</p><p>Ur <em>Louise</em>(Louise)</p><p>Libretto av G. Charpentier</p><p>Albert Dahllöf, piano</p><p> </p><p>Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)</p><p><em>The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra</em></p><p>1. When the morning of life has passed</p><p>2. The dove that nests in the tree-top</p><p>3. Wrung with anguish</p><p>Text av Moses-Ibn-Ezra (1058-1138) </p><p>Gustav Sondén, gitarr</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)</p><p>Bachianas Brasileiras, no. 5 (Aria)</p><p>Text av Ruth V. Corrêa </p><p>Gustav Sondén, gitarr</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Åke Uddén (1903-1987)</p><p><em>Tre sånger ur ”Les Chanson de Bilitis” </em></p><p>1. Tendresses</p><p>3. Chanson</p><p>Text av Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925)</p><p>Johanna Johnsson, piano</p><p> </p><p>Gösta Nyström (1890-1966)</p><p><em>På Reveln</em></p><p>3. Havet Sjunger</p><p>Text av Ebba Lindqvist (1908-1995)</p><p>Johanna Johnsson, piano</p><p> </p><p>Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)</p><p>The Seal Man</p><p>Text ur <em>A Mainsail Haul </em>av John Masefield (1878-1967)</p><p>Albert Dahllöf, piano</p><p> </p><p>W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)</p><p>Ach, ich Fühl’s</p><p>Ur <em>Die Zauberflöte</em>(Pamina)</p><p>Libretto av Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812)</p><p>KMH Kammarorkester</p><p> </p><p>Judith Weir (f. 1954)</p><p><em>woman.life.song</em></p><p>1c. Edge (text av Toni Morrison, f. 1931)</p><p>2. Eve Remembering (text av Toni Morrison)</p><p>3b. The Mothership: when a good mother sails from this world (Stave II) – (text av Clarissa Pinkola Estés, f. 1945)</p><p>KMH Kammarorkester: </p><p>Sofia Winiarski, dirigent</p><p>Albert Dahllöf, piano</p><p>Andreas Nyström, slagverk</p><p>Astrid le Clercq, klarinett</p><p>Catrin Spångberg Johansson, altflöjt</p><p>Enno Leggedör, viola</p><p>Gustav Wetterbrandt, basklarinett</p><p>Henrik Wassenius, slagverk</p><p>Hugo Olsson, klarinett</p><p>Isabel Godau, violin</p><p>Johanna Moraeus, violin</p><p>Kajsa Nilsson, flöjt</p><p>Klara Källström, cello</p><p>Miia Roiko-Jokela, flöjt</p><p>Miriam Liljefors, harpa</p><p>Moa Nissfolk, gitarr</p><p>Ragnhild Kvist, viola</p><p>Simon Landqvist, slagverk</p><p>Svante Söderqvist, kontrabas</p><p>Viktoria Hillerud, cello</p><p> </p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kmh-2791 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Nowlain, Kristine |
| Publisher | Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för klassisk musik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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