Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Three Centuries of Women Composers: Monday

Three Centuries of Women Composers - Monday

Monday

Three Centuries of Women Composers

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Three Centuries of Women Composers, Monday

Music written by women spanning nearly 300 years, performed by the BBC orchestras.

A celebration of female creativity across Afternoon Concert this week: recordings by the BBC orchestras of music by women spanning 300 years and traversing the globe.

For the first time, every note in Afternoon Concert this week is written by a woman. In recordings from all of the BBC orchestras and choirs, we celebrate female creativity spanning 300 years and traversing the globe. From the eighteenth-century Italian violinist & composer Maddalena Sirmen to contemporary composers Linda Catlin Smith and Onute Narbutaite from Canada and Lithuania. Plus recordings from the rich archives of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme, including Ethel Smyth's epic double concerto, written in 1927. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Elfrida Andrée: Concert overture in D major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Chloe van Soeterstede, conductor

c.2.15pm
Judith Weir: Tiger under the table 
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor

c.2.30pm
Ethel Smyth: Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Elena Urioste, violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Daniel Blendulf, conductor

c.2.55pm
Linda Catlin Smith: Nuages
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor

c.3.15pm
Ruth Gipps: Symphony no. 3, op.57
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

c.3.55pm
Onute Narbutaite: La Barca
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.4.10pm
Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet no. 5 in F minor
Aris Quartet

c.4.30pm
Morfydd Owen: Nocturne
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Perry So, conductor

Afternoon Concert: Three Centuries of Women Composers

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.

BBC orchestras and choirs celebrate female musical creativity that traverses the globe.

As part of BBC Radio 3's International Women's Day celebrations, for the first time, every note of the music in Afternoon Concert all of this week is written by a woman.

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