SalonEra partners with the Boulanger Initiative to spotlight enterprising women composers from mid-eighteenth-century England, Elizabeth Turner and Elisabetta de Gambarini. Featuring brand new recordings from Les Délices and harpsichordist Paula Maust plus insights from Dr. Alison DeSimone (author of Women and the Business of Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain).
SalonEra partners with the Boulanger Initiative to spotlight enterprising women composers from mid-eighteenth-century England, Elizabeth Turner and Elisabetta de Gambarini. Featuring brand new recordings from Les Délices and harpsichordist Paula Maust plus insights from Dr. Alison DeSimone (author of Women and the Business of Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain).
Debra Nagy, executive producer & host
Shelby Yamin, associate producer
Hannah De Priest, special projects manager
LD Artistic Director
Scholar
harpsichord
Elizabeth Turner (1700-1756)
“A Man that’s neither high nor low”
“Tell me, thou soul”
Selections from Lesson V in A Major
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Aria
Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731-1765)
“Love go and calm thy sighs”
“Se dir non lice”
Learn more about the Boulanger Initiative
Read more about composer Elisabetta de Gambarini
Read Elisabetta de Gambarini’s Wikipedia Entry
Explore Elisabetta de Gambarini Scores
Discover Paula Maust’s Research
Explore Alison DeSimone’s Publications
Read this article: “The Ingenious Miss Turner” by Margaret Yelloly (JSTOR: Early Music, 2005)
EPISODE SPONSORS
Anonymous
Marc Vincent & Alex Nalbach
ARTIST SPONSORS
Gerry Fathauer
Robert Morris & Patricia Hanley
Michael Yamin
SEASON UNDERWRITERS
Deborah Malamud
Tom & Marilyn McLaughlin
Greg Nosan & Brandon Ruud
