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Beautiful Music Now - Doriot Anthony Dwyer

WSHU | By Suzanne Bona
Published March 2, 2024 at 4:48 PM EST
Doriot Anthony Dwyer, who played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 38 years as its principal flutist, was only the second woman in a major American orchestra to be appointed to a principal chair.
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Doriot Anthony Dwyer, who played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 38 years as its principal flutist, was only the second woman in a major American orchestra to be appointed to a principal chair.

As Principal Flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1952-1990, Doriot Anthony Dwyer was one of the first women to hold a principal seat in a major American orchestra. (She was a distant relative of suffragette Susan B. Anthony.) Today's Beautiful Music features Doriot Anthony Dwyer with pianist Jesus Maria Sanroma playing the Flute Sonata op. 94 by Sergei Prokofiev.

You can also use the links below to listen to an interview with Doriot Dwyer.
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Suzanne Bona
Suzanne Bona is the host and executive producer of Sunday Baroque, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show of Baroque and early music which she originated on WSHU in 1987.
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