This Day

On 14 December 1918, women were permitted to stand for Parliament and were granted the vote for the first time in British history. As part of the centenary celebrations for this milestone and to raise awareness of persistent inequalities in society, Blossom Street presents repertoire by famous and lesser-known female composers, both living and those from previous generations, including Rebecca Clarke’s Ave Maria, Judith Weir's Holy Innocents, Kerry Andrew's Night-Time Songs and Elizabeth Poston's The Water of Tyne.
All of the performers on the Naxos disc This Day, recorded in 2018 and released in January 2019, are women, showcasing works for upper voices.
Blossom Street now plans to take this programme on the road! If you are a promoter, festival or venue, and wish to discuss a possible performance, please get in touch here; we would be delighted to hear from you.
The Recording Team
Sopranos: Vanessa Bowers, Jillian Christie, Melissa Davies, Ellie Martin, Elinor Jane Moran, Emily Wenman
Altos: Felicity Buckland, Rosie Clifford, Lucilla Graham, Clara Kanter, Philippa Thomas, Emma Watkinson
Pianist: Annabel Thwaite
Organist: Anna Lapwood
Clarinettist: Hannah Lawrance
Producer: Tom Shorter
Engineer and editor: James Bull
Booklet notes: Katy Hamilton
Cover art: Jillian Christie
We are extremely grateful for the support of a number of trusts and individuals, without whose help
this disc would not have been possible. Our enormous thanks go to:
The Ambache Charitable Trust, the Follett Trust, the Gemma Classical Music Trust, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Melos Trust, the Music Reprieval Trust, Margaret and Francis Arnold, Heather Ashford, Chris Banks, Toria Banks, Bill and Sally Baker, Becky Dell Music Academy, Alison Benton, Brian Blandford, Robert D Bousfield, Lesley Brook, Anthea Bruges, Tim and Kate Bowers, George Burgess, Daniel Campbell, Celia Catchpole, John Chambers, Mike Clemens, Sharon Crawford, Nancy Crick, GenevieveCuming, James Dixon, Nigel Edmund-Jones, Sally Floyer, Tom, Lel and Harriet Gillingwater,Paula and Patrick Grossman, Chris Gunness, Maria Hankey, Fiona and David Harris, Jack Hickish, Ivan Jacoby, Hannah Kanter, Joseph Kay, Giles Keeble, Jo Keogh, Tim Kew, John Leather, Erica Leyshon, Susan van der Linden, John and Sue Love, Rik Ludlow, Sylvia MacWhirter, Mansfield Choral Society, Tessa Marchington, Jane Martin, Michael Martin, George Matthews, the Matthiesen Foundation, David Mazower, Jill McIntyre, Tom McIntyre, Anne Mercer, Melanie Michel, Frank Miller, Laurel Neighbour, Peter Niven, Alice Victoria Owen, June Parsons, Alex Patterson, Alyanee Peacock, Sabrina Pullen, Buzzy Rawlings, Eric and Marjorie Rawstron, Philip and Jan Rawstron, Andrea Russell, Rotary Club of Warwick Avon, Melissa Sampson, Carol Short, Caroline Simonds, Tony and Kay Speakman, Carole and Warwick Stanton, Susan Jane Stevenson, Angela Stewart, Louise Stewart, Hilary Summers, Trausti Þór Sverrisson, Kathryn Taylor, Malcolm and Helen Thomas, Johann Ting, Jean Valsler, Kate Vang, Mia Violentano, Sandra Walker, Annette Ward, Nick and Linda Wenman, Matthew Williamson, Francesca Wilson, Lynda and Andrew Wilson, Matthew Wood, Len and Barbara Wooding, Christopher Wray, Fiona Yeomans
Recorded: 17–19 May 2018 at St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood

Works Featured in This Day
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Night-Time Songs Kerry Andrew
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The Ghost of Combermere Abbey Judith Bingham
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Song of the Dane Women Hilary Campbell
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Ave Maria Rebecca Clarke
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O Splendidissima Gemma Stef Conner
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Come Home, Little Sister Cecilia McDowall
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As I Sat Under a Holly Tree Imogen Holst
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A Little Childe There is Ibore Jane Joseph
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Misterium Mirabile Nicola LeFanu
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This Day Elizabeth Maconchy
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The Sweet Spring Roxanna Panufnik
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The Water of Tyne Elizabeth Poston
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Holy Innocents Judith Weir
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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep Alison Willis