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Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) had multiple lives. As Ruth, she was an aspiring poet and teacher, who longed to become a mother. Crawford the composer wrote some of the most daring pages of 20th-century American music, granting her a place among the group of the 'Ultra-Modernists'. And, as the matriarch of the Seeger dynasty, she collected and arranged countless pieces from treasures of the folk tradition. With Kate Molleson, discover the extraordinary life and work of a major American composer, in a story of creative experimentations, of family bonds, and most of all, of joy in music-making, accompanied by the memories of Crawford's daughter and folk legend, Peggy Seeger.

In this third episode, we see how Crawford is finally writing the 'trees of sound and colour' she dreamt of, creating her masterpieces. But life during the Great Depression is far from easy.

Nineteen American Folk Songs for Piano
"Ground Hog"
"The Three Ravens"
"Turtle Dove"
"Frog Went A-Courtin"
Virginia Eskin, piano

Three Chants for Female Chorus
New London Chamber Choir
James Wood, director

String Quartet 1931
Pacifica Quartet

B茅la Bart贸k:
Piano Concerto No 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101
III. Allegro molto
Lang Lang, piano
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

Preludes for Piano
Prelude No 4
Jenny Lin, piano

Trad:
When First Unto This Country I Came
Peggy Seeger

Two Ricercare to poems by Hsi Tseng Tsiang
I. "Sacco, Vanzetti"
Nan Hughes, mezzo-soprano
Joel Sachs, piano

Peggy Seeger:
How I Long For Peace
Peggy Seeger, voice and piano

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Julien Rosa
A 大象传媒 Audio Wales & West production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

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