4/5. The Wilderness Years
Between 1910 and 1912, Ethel Smyth virtually gave up writing music and devoted herself to the suffragist cause. Smyth was a friend and supporter of Emmeline Pankhurst , and wrote what became the marching anthem for the cause, The March of the Women. One of the few works Smyth completed in 1912 was her String Quartet in E minor. Donald Macleod and Odaline de la Martinez discuss these years of change and their effect on Ethel Smyth 's music. The March of the Women
Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano),
Plymouth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Philip Brunelle Possession
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
StringQuartet in E minor (3rd and 4th mvts) Archaeus Quartet
Four Songs for voice and chamber ensemble Jane Manning (soprano), Jane's Minstrels Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight