The Future Is Female, Vol. 2: The Dance

The Future is Female is a three-volume series, which celebrates and highlights women composers from the 17th century to the present day. These albums encompass 30 compositions by women from around the globe and include many new commissioned works and world première recordings.

Most pianists grow up with the classical canon, which has always excluded women composers as well as composers of colour. It is still standard practise to perform recitals consisting entirely of music written by men. The Future is Female aims to be a corrective towards rebalancing the repertoire. It does not attempt to be exhaustive, in any way, and the three albums in this series represent only a small fraction of the music by women which is waiting to be performed.

American pianist Sarah Cahill, hailed as 'a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde' by The New York Times and 'instrumental in bringing to life the music of many of our greatest living composers' by Keyboard Magazine, has commissioned and premièred over 70 compositions for solo piano. She was named a 2018 Champion of New Music by the American Composers Forum.

Tracks: Jacquet de la Guerre: Les Pieces De Clavecin (1687): Suite No. 1 In D Minor I. Prelude / Jacquet de la Guerre: Les Pieces De Clavecin (1687): Suite No. 1 In D Minor IV. Courante II / Jacquet de la Guerre: Les Pieces De Clavecin (1687): Suite No. 1 In D Minor V. Sarabande / Jacquet de la Guerre: Les Pieces De Clavecin (1687): Suite No. 1 In D Minor VIII. Chaconne L'inconstante / Jacquet de la Guerre: Les Pieces De Clavecin (1687): Suite No. 1 In D Minor VI. Gigue / Clara Schumann: Variations, Op. 20 / Germaine Tailleferre: Partita I. Perpetuum Mobile / Germaine Tailleferre: Partita II. Notturno / Germaine Tailleferre: Partita III. Allegramente / Zenobia Powell Perry: Rhapsody / Madeleine Dring: Colour Suite IV. Blue Air / Madeleine Dring: Colour Suite V. Brown Study / Betsy Jolas: Tango Si / Elena Kats- Chernin: Peggy’s Rag / Meredith Monk: St. Petersburg Waltz / Gabriela Ortiz: Preludio Y Estudio No. 3 Preludio / Gabriela Ortiz: Preludio Y Estudio No. 3 Estudio / Theresa Wong: She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees