Firsova's Bonfire
Mar. 8th, 2016 06:00 pmRadio 3 are marking International Women's Day this year by spending a week concentrating female composers, which is why I started the day with Alissa Firsova's Stabat Mater. Since I can't find it on YouTube — although there is a short film by the Genesis Foundation discussing the composition of three new settings of the piece — I've decided to continue the recent proms theme and go with a performance of Firsova's Bergen's Bonfire instead: