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This week, for the first time, every note in Afternoon Concert was written by a woman. In recordings from all of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras and choirs, we celebrate female creativity with music spanning 300 years and traversing the globe.

In today's collection –

The music of eighteenth-century Viennese composer Marianna Martines contrasts with contemporary British composers Joanna Marsh, Judith Bingham and Charlotte Bray performed by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras and choirs. Plus Jamaican-born, British-based Eleanor Alberga's oboe quintet 'Succubus Moon' in a recording by former Radio 3 New Generation Artists Alexei Ogrintchouk and the Psophos Quartet.

Presented by Hannah French.

Joanna Marsh: Flare

´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

Marianna Martines: Symphony

´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Johannes Wildner, conductor

Eleanor Alberga: Succubus Moon

Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe
Psophos Quartet

Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood

Fine Arts Brass
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
Thomas Trotter, organ
Stephen Jackson, conductor

Charlotte Bray: Falling in the Fire

Guy Johnston, cello
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor