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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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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: Sally Beamish (1956-)

Composer of the Week: Sally Beamish (1956-): Episode 5: Friends and Family

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Episode 5: Friends and Family

Sally Beamish (1956-)

Friends and Family

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Sally Beamish (1956-), Friends and Family

Sally Beamish talks to Donald Macleod about works written for people close to her.

Sally Beamish talks to Donald Macleod about her works that are connected with her friends and family.

In the last of this week's programmes Donald Macleod talks to Sally Beamish about works that are connected with her friends and family, from works commissioned by two supportive patrons who have become like 'musical parents' to her, to those that have been requested by friends who are concert performers.

In the Stillness 
Quintessential Voices

Bridging the Day 
Robert Irvine (cello)/ Sally Beamish (piano)

Violin Concerto (Extract: 2nd movt) 
Anthony Marwood (violin)/ Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Martyn Brabbins (cond)

Cello Sonata 
Robert Irvine (cello)/ Sally Beamish (piano)

God of the Moon 
Choir of St. Giles' Cathedral/ Michael Harris (cond)/ Peter Backhouse (organ).

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod visits Sally Beamish in her Scottish as she talks about her life and work

Donald Macleod visits Sally Beamish in her home near Loch Lomond to learn about her life and work. Sally began composing professionally in 1990, having already established herself as a viola player

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