There’s music for female voices, very often one voice layered atop itself on this New Sounds program. Hear the New York- and Sendai, Japan-based composer Aya Nishina’s work, “Flora”, a layered vocal offering of several singers, dedicated to the memory of March 11, 2011 (also called the Great Sendai Earthquake or Great Tōhoku Earthquake.) "Flora" features the voices of composer/bandleader Becca Stevens, composer Monika Heidemann, vocalist/composer/bandleader Sara Serpa,  and jazz singer Gretchen Parlato.

Then, listen to music by the award-winning American Meredith Monk, Swiss vocalist and composer Franziska Bauman, and the Canadian artist Laurel MacDonald. Plus, hear women’s voices in ambient music from Brian Eno, his “Music for Airports.” 

PROGRAM #3626 Female Voices (First aired on 8/12/2014)