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John Toal looks ahead to International Women's Day

John Toal celebrates Women in Music this week, with interviews with author Leah Broad, Ruth McCartney and Lynda Rolston from the Music Department of  Methodist College, Belfast

Celebrating International Women's Day on 8th March, there is lots of music from Female Composers and Performers this week

John chats with Leah Broad about her book Quartet, celebrating 4 trailblazing women in Music in Twentieth Century Britain.


Ruth McCartney and Lynda Rolston from Methodist College Belfast tell us about their upcoming Spring Concert - including a first performance of a new work by Howard Goodall, and another exciting event for their Music Department on the horizon!


There is live music from Irish Soprano Ailish Tynan and the Ulster Orchestra

Our CD of the Week features recent Belfast visitors Claire Barnett-Jones and Timothy Ridout


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