While female vocalists like Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande have a stronghold on modern holiday music playlists, pianist Chloe Flower wanted to highlight a lesser known group of women with her new wintertime album: classical composers.

“I’ve heard probably ten thousand versions of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and like five-hundred thousand versions of ‘Sleigh Ride,’” says Flower, whose previous holiday album featured jaunty piano renditions of popular holiday songs — including, yes, “Sleigh Ride.” “I realized that none of the music in concert halls being performed during the holidays is written by women.”

That realization led her to shine a light on female composers with the release of her new “core classical” album “She Composed: The Holidays.” “This is the first time anyone has ever done a holi

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