Afternoon Concert

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Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

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Afternoon Concert: Tuesday - International Women's Day

Friday - Radio France Philharmonic

Tuesday - International Women's Day

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Tuesday - International Women's Day

Penny Gore with a rich selection of music by women composers.

Penny Gore presents a rich selection of music by women composers from the 17th to the 21st centuries.

Penny Gore with a rich selection of music by women composers from the 17th to the 21st centuries

Her selection includes baroque vocal and instrumental music from Italy, a bold statement from the United States and a rarely-heard cantata written for the International Congress for Women's Suffrage in Stockholm 1911

2.00pm
Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncomman Woman
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra 
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor

Francesca Caccini 
Io mi distruggo, from 'La Lucrezia'
Hana Blažíková, soprano
Hathor Consort
Romina Lischka, viola da gamba and conductor

Lotta Wennäkoski
Verdigris
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor

Isabella Leonarda 
Sonata Duodecima
Caccini 
Maria, dolce Maria
Hana Blažíková, soprano
Hathor Consort
Romina Lischka, viola da gamba and conductor

Erika Fox
David Spielt vor Saul
Julian Jacobson, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson, conductor

3.00
Dora Pejacevic 
Symphony in F# minor Op.41
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Fairfield Halls Croydon

Thea Musgrave 
Helios 
Dora Pejačević 
Four Songs Katarina Karnéus, mezzo-soprano
Elfrida Andrée 
Cantata 
Geoffrey Cox, oboe
Øyvor Volle, violin
Katarina Karnéus, mezzo-soprano
Sofie Asplund, soprano
Women of the Göteborg Opera Chorus 
Göteborg Opera Orchestra
Henrik Schaefer, conductor

producer: Ellie Mant

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