Radio 3 in Concert

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Radio 3 in Concert: Rediscovered Composers

Rediscovered Composers

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Rediscovered Composers

Music by Dett, Bonds, Kanai, Osman, Hirshow, Perry and Saint-Georges.

The BBC Philharmonic are conducted by Jack Sheen for a concert championing the voices of ethnically diverse composers.

Linton Stephens introduces a concert live from Media City UK in Salford given by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Jack Sheen, that foregrounds the music of composers from diverse backgrounds working in the Western classical music tradition. The programme presented this evening has been suggested by a select group of academics under the umbrella of the Arts and Humanities Research Council who, in collaboration with Radio 3, are investigating and bringing this rediscovered music before the public.

Samantha Ege champions the music of the Black American composer Margaret Bonds. Ahmed Abdul Rahman looks to his native Sudan, to the music of Ali Osman.
Christopher Dingle has been exploring the work of 18th Century Frenchman Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Dwight Pile-Gray and Michael Harper champion, respectively, the music of early 20th Century Americans Nathaniel Dett and Julia Perry. Mai Kawabata advocates music by the Japanese pioneer Kikuko Kanai; and Philip Alexander makes the case for a Russian born Jewish migrant to Glasgow, Isaac Hirshow.

Part One
Nathaniel Dett:  Magnolia Suite Part Two: No 4 ‘Mammy’ (BBC First Performance)
Chevalier de Saint Georges: Sinfonia concertante in B flat Op 6 No 2 (UK Premiere)
(Midori Sugiyama and Lisa Obert, violins)
Julia Perry: Piano Concerto No 2 - in 2 speeds (BBC First Performance)
(Kunal Lahiry, piano)

Interval
Nathaniel Dett: Music in the Mine
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Ruairi Bowen, tenor
Adrian Partington, conductor
Philip Alexander takes us to Glaswegian synagogue where Isaac Hirshow worked and introduces us to some of his music.
Isaac Hirshow: Shlof mayn kind (UK Premiere) Kol Gojim (UK Premiere)
BBC Singers 
Tom Raskin, tenor
Paul Brough, conductor

Part Two 
Nathaniel Dett: The Daybreak Charioteer
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water 
(Samantha Ege, piano)
 Ali Osman:   From The South  (UK Premiere)
(Alex Jakeman, flute)
Kikuko Kanai:  Ryūkyū where the Deigo flowers blossom  (UK Premiere)
Margaret Bonds:      Montgomery Variations

BBC Philharmonic
Jack Sheen (conductor)

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