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Composer of the Week: Thea Musgrave

BBC Radio 3
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Brian Morton is joined this week by Scots-born composer Thea Musgrave for a celebration of her 70th birthday. Now based in Norfolk, Virginia,
Musgrave has won praise on both sides of the Atlantic. In this programme, she talks about her early works, written while she lived in Scotland.
Suite o'Bairnsangs
Patricia Racette (soprano), Gena Raps (piano)
Rorate Coeli Ionian Singers, conductor Timothy Salter
Excursions Thea Musgrave and Malcolm Williamson (pianos)
Mary, Queen of Scots (excerpt) Ashley Putnam (soprano),
Jon Garrison and Barry Buse (tenors), Virginia Opera Assocation Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Peter Mark Producer Elizabeth Clark
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Morton
Unknown:
Thea Musgrave
Soprano:
Patricia Racette
Piano:
Gena Raps
Conductor:
Timothy Salter
Unknown:
Thea Musgrave
Pianos:
Malcolm Williamson
Soprano:
Ashley Putnam
Soprano:
Jon Garrison
Soprano:
Barry Buse
Conductor:
Peter Mark
Producer:
Elizabeth Clark
Source: Radio Times

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