Aesthetes
Peggy Reynolds reflects on the life and times of Virginia Woolf. She was born during the reign of Queen
Victoria and died during the Second World War. Today, she is a feminist icon. In her lifetime, the world saw enormous changes, and she herself changed, from Victorian daughter to modern woman. Music includes:
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Composer Wagner Lohengrin (excerpt)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti Ireland Spring Sorrow
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Alan Rowlands (piano)
Stravinsky Pulcinella (excerpt) London Sinfonietta, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen