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Ethel Smyth 1858-1944

on BBC Home Service Basic

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A programme of words and music on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her birth including the recorded voices of Sir Thomas Beecham Bt., Sir Adrian Boult,
Ethel Davidson, C.S. Lang, the late Sir Ronald Storrs, Herbert van Thal, Bruno Walter, Avril Wood and of Dame Ethel Smyth herself recorded before the war talking of, among other things, Brahms and her suffragette days with gramophone records of some of her music:
March of the Women
What if I were young again (The Boatswain's Mate) sung by Rosina Buckman
Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies
Overture: The Wreckers conducted by the composer
Narrator: Denis Quilley

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham Bt.
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Sir Adrian Boult
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Ethel Davidson
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C. S. Lang
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Sir Ronald Storrs
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Herbert van Thai
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Bruno Walter
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Avril Wood
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Dame Ethel Smyth
Sung By:
Rosina Buckman
Narrator:
Denis Quilley

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