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Music by contemporary women composers from across the world interspersed with works by 20th-century trailblazers from the UK, Grace Williams, Dorothy Howell and Minna Keal.

Music by contemporary women composers from across the world interspersed with works by twentieth century trailblazers from the UK: Grace Williams, Dorothy Howell and Minna Keal, performed by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Orchestras. Grace Williams is generally regarded as Wales's most notable female composer, and the first British woman to score a feature film. Dorothy Howell was championed by Sir Henry Wood but after Proms performances throughout the 1920s was all but forgotten until about a decade ago. Minna Keal studied at the RAM in the 1920s, and then pretty much stopped her musical career, only returning to it when she was in her 80s. Her music was performed at the Proms in 1989 when she was 80: ‘I felt I was coming to the end of my life, but now I feel as if I'm just beginning. I feel as if I'm living my life in reverse’.
Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Grace Williams: Four illustrations for the legend of Rhiannon
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales
Perry So, conductor

c.2.25pm
Roxanna Panufnik: 4 World Seasons for violin and orchestra
Tasmin Little (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni, conductor

c.2.50pm
Dorothy Howell: 2 pieces for muted strings
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Teresa Riveiro Bohm, conductor

c.3pm
Florentine Mulsant: Vocalise for solo viola, op.53
Lise Berthaud, viola

c.3.05pm
Dobrinka Tabakova: On the South Downs
Natalie Clein, cello
Truro Cathedral Choir
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra
Christopher Grey, conductor

c.3.25pm
Augusta Read Thomas: Brio for orchestra
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

c.3.35pm
Outi Tarkiainen: Midnight sun variations
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor

c.3.50pm
Minna Keal: Symphony
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

c.4.20pm
Anna Clyne: Masquerade
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

c.4.30pm
Diana Burrell: Resurrection
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson, conductor

3 hours

Music Played

  • Grace Williams

    Four illustrations for the legend of Rhiannon

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Perry So.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    4 World Seasons

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
  • Dorothy Howell

    2 pieces for muted strings

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Teresa Riveiro Böhm.
  • Florentine Mulsant

    Vocalise Op.9 for solo viola

    Performer: Lise Berthaud.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    On the South Downs

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra. Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Dobrinka Tabakova: Kynance Cove, On the South Downs, and Works for Choir.
    • Regent.
    • 10-12.
  • Augusta Read Thomas

    Brio

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
  • Outi Tarkiainen

    Midnight sun variations

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: John StorgÃ¥rds.
  • Minna Keal

    Symphony Op.3

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • A Life in Reverse: the Music of Minna Keal.
    • LORELT.
    • 11.
  • Anna Clyne

    Masquerade

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Diana Burrell

    Resurrection

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.
  • Imogen Holst

    Leiston suite for brass

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    5 Songs For Voice And Piano, no.1; Die Stille Stadt

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Singer: Benjamin Appl.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Mar 2021 14:00