From Dorset to Johannesburg; Nina on SABC; International Women's Day

I can't keep up with them!

A few days ago, my daughter was here in Dorchester. Today she's in Johannesburg, talking about US politics, trade policy and International Women's Day with Krivani Pillay on SABC.

Also a tweet from Krivani Pillay

Also on SABC TV News - Nina on International Women's Day

Trump's decision to impose steel tariffs

Music for International Women's Day:

Memphis Minnie, fifth down on this BBC posting, When the Levee Breaks

Photo, Jim Potts, Walls, Mississippi (more information here)

Ma Rainey, Grievin' Hearted Blues

Georgia Peach, Where the Sun Won't Never Go Down

This afternoon, I've also been listening to some superb music on BBC Radio 3, for International Women's Day.

Afternoon Concert (29 days left to listen on BBC iPlayer)

Judith Weir, Master of the Queen's Music, is Kate Molleson's live guest in the Afternoon Concert studio for International Women's Day. Our Opera Matinee is Judith Weir's The Vanishing Bridegroom, and it'scomplemented by music she loves by women composers from Hildegard to Saariaho.

Opera Matinee
Judith Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Anna Stéphany (mezzo)
Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Owen Gilhooly (baritone)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Martyn Brabbins

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Overture to Céphale et Procris
Performers TBC

Kate Whitley: I am I say
Sarah-Jane Lewis (soprano)
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)
Kender Primary School Choir
St. John's and St. Clement's Primary School Choir
Lyndhurst Primary School Choir
Multi-Story Orchestra
Conductor Christopher Stark

Kaija Saariaho: Petals
Scott Roller (cello)
Thomas Neuhaus (electronics)

Barbara Strozzi: L'Eraclito amoroso (Heraclitus in Love)
Dorothée Leclair (soprano)
Lea Rahel Bader (cello)
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)
Jory Vinikour (harpsichord)

Arlene Sierra: Aquilo
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Jac van Steen

Judith Bingham: Vol de nuit, from The Secret Garden
Tom Winpenny (organ)

Hildegard of Bingen: work TBC
Tiburtina Ensemble
Director Barbora Kabátková

Sofiya Gubaidulina: String Quartet No 4
Kronos Quartet

Weir: Moon and Star
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Martyn Brabbins.