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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Five Under 35 - Contemporary British Women Composers

Composer of the Week: Five Under 35 - Contemporary British Women Composers: Episode 1: Cheryl Frances-Hoad

Five Under 35 - Contemporary British Women Composers

Episode 1

Episode 1: Cheryl Frances-Hoad

Cheryl Frances-Hoad

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Five Under 35 - Contemporary British Women Composers, Cheryl Frances-Hoad

Donald Macleod speaks to composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

Donald Macleod speaks to composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad, who won the BBC Young Composers' Competition in 1996 at the age of 15.

Continuing BBC Radio 3's celebration of female composers for International Women's Day, Donald Macleod speaks to five members of a new generation of British composers about their work - as they discuss the issue of women in music from a contemporary perspective. Featuring music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Dobrinka Tabakova, Hannah Kendall, Anna Clyne and Charlotte Bray. Join the conversation online by tweeting @bbcradio3 with the hashtag #womensday.

Donald's first guest this week is Cheryl Frances-Hoad (1980-), who despite her young age has already been composing for a quarter of a century, and who won the BBC Young Composers' Competition in 1996 at the age of 15. Described by music critic Paul Driver as "a remarkable talent", Cheryl Frances-Hoad's music blends the influence of the English 20th-century tradition (Britten, Tippett) with inflections of contemporary life in 2015.

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Donald Macleod speaks to five new British musical voices about their work

Donald Macleod speaks to five members of a new generation of British composers about their work and the issue of women in music from a contemporary perspective

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