International Women's Day: Andrew McGregor with Kate Kennedy and Alexandra Coghlan
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Music by Dame Ethel Smyth; Alexandra Coghlan reviews a selection of new releases of music by female composers; Disc of the Week.
with Andrew McGregor.
0930
Building a Library survey on the music of Dame Ethel Smyth. As part of Radio 3's celebration of International Women's Day, Kate Kennedy explores the music of an underrated English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Smyth showed tenacity and courage in pursuing her career as a composer at a time when this was an unusual path for women. Sir Thomas Beecham visited her when she was in prison for her political activities, and discovered her leaning out of a window conducting with a toothbrush as her fellow inmates marched around the prison yard.
1030
Alexandra Coghlan reviews a clutch of new releases of music by women composers including a recording of The Liberation of Ruggiero from Alcina's Island by Francesca Caccini and other music by Caccini's contemporaries, Barbara Strozzi, Claudia Sessa and Lucrezia Vizzana.
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Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Music Played
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Ethel Smyth
March of the Women
Performer: Plymouth Music Series. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.- Virgin.
- 077 7590222 8.
- 9.
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Charles Ives
Symphony No. 3 K.V.15 (The Camp Meeting), ii. Children's Day
Orchestra: Melbourne S O. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Chandos : CHSA 5174.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Timo Andres
Thrive on Routine, ii. Potatoes
Ensemble: American Contemporary Music Ensemble.- Sono Luminus.
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Thomas Adès
Brahms, For Baritone And Orchestra
Singer: Samuel Dale Johnson. Conductor: Thomas Adès. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- LSO Live : LSO0798.
- LSO Live.
- 7.
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Béla Bartók
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 20 iii. Adagio espressivo
Ensemble: Notos Quartet.- RCA RED SEAL.
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Peter Racine Fricker
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73, F. 152: II. Allegro feroce
Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.- Fricker: The String Quartets.
- Naxos.
- 302.
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George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare In Egitto - Piangero La Sorte Mia
Performer: Accademia Hermans. Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Director: Fabio Ciofini.- Glossa : GCD 922904.
- Glossa.
- 6.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Il Catone In Utica Rv.705 [acts 2 And 3 Only Extant]
Singer: Riccardo Novaro. Ensemble: Auser Musici. Conductor: Carlo Ipata.- Glossa : GCD 923511.
- Glossa.
- 23.
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Johann Adolf Hasse
Demetrio - Dal Mio Ben Che Tanto Amai
Singer: Vivica Genaux. Singer: Terry Wey. Ensemble: Bach Consort Wien. Conductor: Rubén Dubrovsky.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Antonio Caldara
E Ristoro A Un Cor Che Pena (Santa Francesca)
Performer: Julia Schröder. Singer: Núria Rial. Singer: Valer Barna-Sabadus. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.- Sony : 88985323612.
- Sony.
- 12.
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Sir James MacMillan
Stabat Mater For Chorus And Orchestra
Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Coro : COR16150.
- Coro.
- 2-3.
9am
British
Composers: A Celebration
WARNER
CLASSICS 0954802
Ives:
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
IVES,
C: Orchestral Set No. 2; Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting'; Symphony No. 4
Jean-Efflam
Bavouzet (piano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
CHANDOS
CHSA5174 (Hybrid SACD)
Thrive
on Routine
ADAMS,
JOHN LUTHER: In a Treeless Place, Only Snow
ANDRES,
T: Thrive on Routine
BURHANS:
Jahrzeit
SHAW,
C: In manus tuas; Gustave le Gray
Clarice
Jensen (cello), Timo Andres (piano), ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble)
DORIAN
SONO LUMINUS DSL92211 (CD + Blu-ray)
Ades:
Asyla, Tevot & Polaris
ADES:
Asyla; Tevot; Polaris: Voyage for orchestra; Brahms Op. 21
Samuel
Dale Johnson (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Ades (conductor)
LSO
LIVE LSO0798 (Hybrid SACD + Blu-ray)
Hungarian
Treasures: Notos Quartett
BARTOK:
Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 20
DOHNANYI:
Piano Quartet in F Sharp Minor
KODALY:
Intermezzo for string trio
Notos
Quartett
RCA
88985411882 (CD)
Fricker:
The String Quartets
FRICKER:
First Quartet; Second Quartet; Third Quartet; Adagio and Scherzo
Villiers
Quartet
NAXOS
8571374 (CD)
9:30am - Building a Library
Building a Library: a weekly look at a piece of music, a comparison of the available recordings, and a recommendation.
Composer: Ethel Smyth
Reviewer: Kate Kennedy
Building a Library: Survey of Ethel Smyth recordings
Nadine Benjamin (Mrs Waters), Edward Lee (Harry Benn), Jeremy Huw Williams (Ned Travers), Simon Wilding (Policeman), Ted Schmitz (The Man), Rebecca Louise Dale (Mary Ann), Lontano Ensemble, Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)
RETROSPECT OPERA RO001
Other recommended recordings:
Below is a shortlist of other recordings which
Kate Kennedy also recommends
SMYTH: Sonata for
Violin and Piano in A minor Op. 7
Clare Howick
(violin), Sophia Rahman (piano)
NAXOS 8572291 (CD)
Ethel Smyth: Complete
Piano Works
Liana Serbescu
(piano)
CPO 9993272 (Download
only)
10:20am – Baroque Opera and Cantata
Queens - Opera arias by Handel
HANDEL: Scherza in mar (from Lotario); Se mai turba il
tuo riposo (from Poro); No che servire altrui (from Berenice); Traditore,
traditore (from Berenice); Giulio Cesare : Overture; Piangero la sorte mia
(from Giulio Cesare); Tu la mia stella sei (from Giulio Cesare); Da tempeste il
legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare); Che sento?...Se pieta di me non senti
(from Giulio Cesare); Scipione: Sinfonia; Scoglio d'immota fronte (from
Scipione); Ah! mio cor! (from Alcina); Quel torrente (from Giustino)
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Fabio Ciofini
(harpsichord, direction), Accademia Hermans
GLOSSA GCD922904 (CD)
HANDEL:
Catone
(including
music by Leo, Hasse, Porpora, Vinci and Vivaldi)
Sonia Prina (Catone), Lucia Cirillo (Marzia), Riccardo
Novaro (Cesare), Kristina Hammerstrom (Arbace), Roberta Invernizzi (Emilia),
Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata
GLOSSA GCD923511 (2CD)
Pace e Guerra
GASPARINI: A dispetto (from Il Bajazet)
HANDEL: Rosmira, ove ti guida…Ch'io parta (from
Partenope); Furibondo Spira Il
Vento (Partenope); Alla tenda reale... Non
disperi peregrino (from Lotario)
HASSE, J A: Dal mio ben che tanto amai (from Demetrio)
POLLAROLO: Gia mi par (from Ariodante)
SARRO: Quell'usignuolo (from L'Arsace)
TORRI: Pace e guerra (from Lucio Vero); La cara tua
favella (from Amadis di Grecia); Parto, non ho costanza (from Venceslao)
VINCI, LEONARDO: Taci o di morte (from Il Medo); Sento
scherzar (from Il Medo)
Terry
Wey (countertenor), Vivica Genaux (mezzo), Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Bach
Consort Wien, Ruben Dubrovsky
DEUTSCHE
HM 88985410502 (CD)
Sacred
Duets
BONONCINI,
G B: La conversione di Maddalena: Cor imbelle a due nemici
CALDARA: La frode della castita: Si pensi alla
vendetta; Santa Francesca romana:
E ristoro a un cor che pena
COLONNA: Salomone amante: Partite dolori; Salomone
amante: Su l'arco d'amore
GABRIELLI: Sigismondo, re di Borgogna: Aure voi de'
miei sospiri
LOTTI: L'umilta coronata in Esther: Sempre fido,
sempre grato
PASQUINI, B: Sant'Agnese: Vaga rosa
PORPORA: Il Gedeone: Quasi locuste che intorno; Il
martirio di San Giovanni Nepomuceno: Della fragile mia vita; Il verbo in carne:
Lascia ch'io veda almeno
SCARLATTI, A: San Casimiro, re di Polonia: Al serto le
rose
TORELLI: Concerto grosso in C minor for violin Op. 8
No. 8
Nuria
Rial (soprano), Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Julia Schroder (violin),
Kammerorchester Basel
SONY
88985323612 (CD)
10:35am – Alexandra Coghlan on women composers
Heroines
of Love and Loss
BENNET:
Venus' birds whose mournful tunes
CACCINI, F: Lasciatemi qui solo
KAPSBERGER: Toccata arpeggiata (1604)
PICCININI:
Chiaccona in partite variate
PURCELL:
O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574);
When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas)
SESSA: Occhi io vissi di voi
STROZZI: L'Eraclito amoroso Op. 2 No. 14; Lamento;
Lagrime mie
VIVALDI: Cello Sonata in G minor, RV42
VIZZANA: Componimenti musicali (1623): O Magnum
mysterium
Ruby
Hughes (soprano), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello), Jonas Nordberg (lute /
theorbo / archlute)
BIS BIS2248 (Hybrid SACD)
CACCINI, F: La liberazione di Ruggerio dall'isola di
Alcina
Elena Sartori (harpsichord/direction), Elena Biscuola,
Mauro Borgioni, Gabriella Martellacci, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, Emanuela
Galli, Raffaele Giordani, Yiannis Vassilakis, Allabastrina, La Pifarescha
GLOSSA GCD923902 (CD)
Femina moderna
AUERBACH: Lullaby
CEDERBERG-ORRETEG: Jordnara
FORTE, N: Libera me
GRIGORJEVA:
In paradisum
KLOCKAR:
Speeches
LARSEN,
L: Songs of Youth and Pleasure
LINDSJO:
The Find
LOFBERG:
Sandskrift
MCDOWALL:
Regina Caeli
MONNAKGOTLA:
Apelsinen har mognat
REHNQVIST:
Tilt
ROSENBERG,
SUSANNE: Pust
TARRODI:
Lume
Allmanna
Sangen, Maria Goundorina
BIS
BIS2224 (Hybrid SACD)
The
Franklin Effect - Electric Voice Theatre
Electric
Voice Theatre
FIRST
HAND FHR51 (CD)
The
Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell
BEACH,
A: Piano Concerto Op. 45
CHAMINADE:
Concertstuck for Piano and Orchestra Op. 40
HOWELL,
D: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D minor
Danny
Driver (piano), ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller
HYPERION
CDA68130 (CD)
11.45am – Disc of the Week
MACMILLAN:
Stabat Mater
The
Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia, Harry Christophers (conductor)
CORO
COR16150 (CD)
Broadcast
- Sat 4 Mar 2017 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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