The English Strauss
Howell shot to fame in 1919 with 鈥楲amia鈥�, an orchestral work premiered at the Proms to a rapturous reception. She was hailed by the press aged 21 as 鈥楾he English Richard Strauss鈥�.
This week Donald Macleod is joined by the award-winning author Leah Broad to explore the story of the British composer Dorothy Howell, who shot to fame aged 21 after the triumphant premiere of her orchestral work 鈥楲amia鈥� at the Proms. By the mid-1920s she was regarded as one of the leading women composers of the day, performing in prestigious venues across the UK and regularly appearing on radio programmes in the earliest days of broadcasting. But she faced challenges from the 1930s onwards that left her disillusioned, and by the end of her life she wanted to destroy all but a handful of her works. Luckily family intervened, but even so Howell鈥檚 music almost disappeared from view - until recently.
In the first of this week鈥檚 programmes, Donald Macleod looks with Leah Broad at how Howell rose to fame with 鈥楲amia鈥�, an orchestral work that was premiered at the Proms in 1919 to a rapturous reception, and the experiences that shaped the piece.
Spindrift
Simon Callaghan, piano
Hiroaki Takenouchi, piano
Humoresque for Orchestra
大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Rebecca Miller, conductor
Sonata for violin and piano (Mvt 1)
Lorraine McAslan, violin
Sophia Rahman, piano
Two Frogs
Emily Gray, mezzo-soprano
Timothy Salter, piano
Five Studies for piano (Mvts 1, 2 and 3)
Sophia Rahman, piano
Boat Song for piano
Hiroaki Takenouchi, piano
Lamia
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor
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Dorothy Howell
Spindrift
Performer: Simon Callaghan. Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.- LYRITA : SRCD-433.
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Dorothy Howell
Humoresque
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.- SIGNUM : SIGCD763.
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Dorothy Howell
Sonata for violn and piano (1st mvt)
Performer: Lorraine McAslan. Performer: Sophia Rahman.- DUTTON : CDLX-7144.
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Dorothy Howell
Two Frogs
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Dorothy Howell
Five Studies for piano (Nos 1, 2 & 3)
Performer: Sophia Rahman.- DUTTON : CDLX-7144.
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Dorothy Howell
Boat Song
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Dorothy Howell
Lamia
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- British Tone Poems Volume 2.
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- Mon 7 Oct 2024 16:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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