Hobbs provided my full-on “Hooray, women are great!” moment, by playing PJ Harvey’s wild, hilarious 50ft Queenie straight into the mad scales of Anna Meredith’s Sawbones. The station also made some lovely short videos that highlighted the various roles of women behind the scenes encouraging stuff when we remember that just 10 years ago, only 1% of radio programme editors nationally were women.Ħ Music has long had two women installed in the mornings, Lauren Laverne and Mary Anne Hobbs, both of whom regularly play music created by women thus, despite the station’s promotion of International Women’s Day, both shows sounded as they always do – meaning as great as ever.
This committed focus on women’s work in classical music is amazingly interesting. Radio 3, which also has a pretty good gender balance, went all out: premiering the lost 1583 madrigals of Maddalena Casulana, exploring sisters in Free Thinking, and showcasing female composers in a live lunchtime concert. The station has also brought back She Scores, the Sunday night show featuring female film, TV and video game composers. Simon Mayo, a natural feminist ally, was as relaxed as ever, highlighting Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s birthday Penny Smith had an interview with the soprano Gabriella Di Laccio. Scala Radio, which always showcases an admirable amount of female composers and musicians, had a good week.
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