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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 –

Music by contemporary women composers from across the world interspersed with works by twentieth century trailblazers from the UK: Grace Williams, Dorothy Howell and Minna Keal, performed by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Orchestras.

Grace Williams is generally regarded as Wales's most notable female composer, and the first British woman to score a feature film.

Dorothy Howell was championed by Sir Henry Wood but after Proms performances throughout the 1920s was all but forgotten until about a decade ago.

Minna Keal studied at the RAM in the 1920s, and then pretty much stopped her musical career, only returning to it when she was in her 80s. Her music was performed at the Proms in 1989 when she was 80: ‘I felt I was coming to the end of my life, but now I feel as if I'm just beginning. I feel as if I'm living my life in reverse’.

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Grace Williams: Four illustrations for the legend of Rhiannon

´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Perry So, conductor

Roxanna Panufnik: 4 World Seasons for violin and orchestra

Tasmin Little, violin
Ulster Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni, conductor

Dorothy Howell: 2 pieces for muted strings

´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Teresa Riveiro Bohm, conductor

Florentine Mulsant: Vocalise for solo viola, op.53

Lise Berthaud, viola

Dobrinka Tabakova: On the South Downs

Natalie Clein, cello
Truro Cathedral Choir
´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Christopher Grey, conductor

Augusta Read Thomas: Brio for orchestra

´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

Outi Tarkiainen: Midnight sun variations

´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor

Minna Keal: Symphony

´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

Anna Clyne: Masquerade

´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

Diana Burrell: Resurrection

´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson, conductor