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Novelist Linda Grant selects works by female composers: Hildegard of Bingen, Clara Schumann, Ethel Smyth, Fanny Mendelssohn, Grace Williams, Amy Beach and Louise Farrenc.

Inspired by hearing a Radio 3 Breakfast broadcast in March marking International Womens' Day, novelist Linda Grant continues her personal journey of discovery into classical music by presenting a programme devoted entirely to female composers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Clara Schumann, Ethel Smyth, Fanny Mendelssohn, Grace Williams, Germaine Tailleferre, Elizabeth Maconchy, Amy Beach and Louise Farrenc.

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Sat 16 Jun 2012 15:00
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Music Played

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No.1 in E minor Op.23

    Conductor: Johannes GORITZKI Performer: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Main Artist

    • CPO 999 820-2.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Euchari, in leta via - sequence

    Performer: Emily van EVERA - Soprano

    • Hyperion CDA 66039.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    6 Etudes de concert - book 1 Op.35 for piano - no.1; Scherzo

    Performer: Peter JACOBS - Piano

    • Helios CDA 66584.

  • Ethel SMYTH

    Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra [1927]

    Conductor: Odaline de LA MARTINEZ Performer: Richard WATKINS - Horn Performer: Sophie LANGDON - Violin Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic

    • Chandos CHAN 9449.

  • Pauline VIARDOT

    Havanaise for voice and piano

    Performer: Christoph KELLER - Piano Performer: Karin OTT - Soprano

    • CPO 999044-2.

  • Clara Schumann

    Trio in G minor Op.17 for piano and strings - Allegro moderato

    Performer: Clara Wieck Trio

    • BR 100094.

  • Grace Williams

    Symphony no. 2

    Conductor: Vernon HANDLEY Performer: 大象传媒 Welsh Symphony Orchestra

    • Lyrita SRCD 327.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames - coronation overture

    Conductor: Charles GROVES Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Lyrita SRCD-288.

  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    Regina terrae, cantate Deo - motet for 5 voices and continuo

    Performer: Musica Secreta

    • Linn CKD 113.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces for cello and piano

    Performer: Jose GALLARDO - Piano Performer: Nicolas ALTSTAEDT - Cello

    • Naxos 8.572105.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Vieille priere bouddhique for tenor, chorus and orchestra

    Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Monteverdi Choir.

    • Deutsche Grammophon DG 463789-2.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Songs Op.1 for voice and piano - no.6; Gondellied

    Performer: Eugene ASTI - Piano Performer: Susan GRITTON - Soprano

    • Hyperion CDA 67110.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concerto no.1 for piano and orchestra

    Conductor: Nicole A PAIEMENT Performer: Josephine GANDOLFI - Piano Performer: Orchestra of the University of California, Santa Cruz

    • Helicon HE1048.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Sonata in E minor for viola (or cello) and piano - 1st movement; Impetuoso

    Performer: Kirill GERSTEIN - Piano Performer: Tabea ZIMMERMANN - Viola

    • Myrios 004.

  • H H A (Mrs) BEACH

    Symphony in E minor Op.32 (Gaelic) - 4th movement; Allegro di molto

    Conductor: Kenneth SCHERMERHORN Performer: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    • Naxos 8.559139.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Jun 2012 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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