International Women's Day
Rob Cowan and Sarah Walker celebrate female composers on International Women's Day. Plus Mozart's Piano Sonata No 10 in C, K330, played by rising star Klara Wurtz.
International Women's Day, celebrating female composers: Rob Cowan and Sarah Walker present this week's music, including compositions by Lili Boulanger, C茅cile Chaminade, Cecilia McDowall, Elizabeth Maconchy and Thea Musgrave. The week's Mozart Piano sonata, No 10 in C Major, K330, forming part of Sunday Morning's full cycle of these works, is played by rising star Klara W眉rtz.
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Celebrating Women Composers
Explore and learn more about women composers with rare recordings, programmes and a quiz
Music Played
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Greta Tomlins
Let All The World In Every Corner Sing
Conductor: Daniel Trocme-Latter. Choir: Charter Choir of Homerton College.- Audite Finem.
- EMR.
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Cecilia McDowall
Church bells beyond the stars
Performer: John Kitchen (Usher Hall organ).- The Usher Hall Organ Vol II.
- Delphian.
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Lili Boulanger
Cortege
Performer: Brooks Smith. Performer: Jascha Heifetz.- The Sodre Collection.
- Alpha Omega.
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Gra偶yna Bacewicz
Music for strings, trumpets and percussion
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Witold Rowicki.- The Radio Legacy.
- RCO.
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Elisabeth Lutyens
The Skull (title music)
Conductor: Jac van Steen. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.- Love from a Stranger - Four British Film Scores.
- NMC.
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Thea Musgrave
Clarinet Concerto
Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.- Musgrave - Concerto for Orchestra; Clarinet Concerto.
- Lyrita.
- 002.
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Isabella Leonarda
Sonata Duodecima
Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.- Opus 111.
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Elizabeth Maconchy
String Quartet No.1
Ensemble: Hanson String Quartet.- Maconchy String Quartets 1-4.
- Unicorn.
Broadcast
- Sun 8 Mar 2015 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3