Celebrate Amy Beach’s 158th birthday!
Let’s celebrate recent successes, and upcoming important performances, as recognition of Beach’s music continues to grow!
A few of the recent successes:
March saw the release of a spectacular all-Beach orchestral music CD by the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Directed by Joseph Bastien, the recording features exciting first recordings (!!) of both of Beach’s concert arias Op. 18 – from Schiller’s Maria Stuart (Eilende Wolken, Segler der Lüfte), for Contralto, and Jephthath’s Daughter (Mollevaut), op. 53, for soprano. Also Beach’s song Extase, Op. 21: No. 2. Extase (Victor Hugo) in her own orchestration, and the Symphony op. 32 “Gaelic” and “Bal Masqué,” op. 22. The recording was nominated for the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik” (German record-critics prize).
Korepanova by Beach’s name on the Hatch Shell
Pianist Asiya Korepanova performed Beach’s Piano Concerto in c minor, op. 45, both with the NYC-based Pegasus: The Orchestra (we hear a video will be coming out of that, can’t wait!) and just recently by the Landmarks Orchestra of Boston, which got this very detailed and extremely positive review in the Boston ArtsFuse extolling both the work and the performance. The Boston concert also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the addition of Beach’s name to the Hatch Shell (where her name joined that of 87 male composers).
Selected upcoming performances:
Oct. 11, 2025 – San Francisco Symphony, performs Beach’s delightful waltz “Bal Masqué” in a family-friendly program, “Around the World Through Dance.”
The Chattanooga Symphony, led by Ilya Ram, performs Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony on October 16, 2025.
In Switzerland, the Musikkollegium Winterthur includes Beach’s “Bal Masqué” in its sparkling Dec. 31 – New Year’s Eve concert, led by Kalena Bovell.
We publish many of her works, including the Symphony “Gaelic” and Bal Masqué here on our Shop Page.