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Emma Clarke celebrates International Women's Day

Join Emma Clarke to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

Today, for International Women's Day, we celebrate inspirational women doing inspiring things.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 8 Mar 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Pavana-Capricho, Op.12

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • ·¡²õ±è²¹Ã±²¹!.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio Sonata no.4 in G minor

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • PAN CLASSICS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Divertimento for orchestra (Waltz & Mazurka)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 (2nd mvt: Adagio)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No 1 in G major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Viano Quartet.
    • Portraits.
    • Curtis Studio.
    • 3.
  • Evelyn Glennie

    A Little Prayer

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV.76 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • LINN.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite (Aria)

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Quartz.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia Op.70 for orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Piano Concertos.
    • Somm.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Beethove/Britten: Violin Concertos: Janine Jansen/Paavo Jarvi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No.2 in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 (3rd mvt: Rondo - Allegro)

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos - Boccherini: Cello Concerto.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Brukdown

    Ensemble: Bone-afide.
    • DOYEN.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia - suite Op.11 (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Hexentanz [2 Fantasiestucke, Op.17]

    Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • DANACORD.
  • Amy Beach

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn, Op.92 No.2

    Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • DANACORD.
  • Trad.

    Bailava enTetuán

    Music Arranger: Belinda Sykes. Ensemble: Joglaresa. Director: Belinda Sykes.
    • Dancing in Tetuán.
    • Joglaresa.
    • 003.
  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Symphonic Serenade (Finale)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in D major, K 490

    Performer: Wanda Landowska.
    • EMI.
  • Luciano Berio

    Azerbaijan Love Song (Folk Songs)

    Singer: Cathy Berberian. Ensemble: Juilliard Orchestra. Ensemble: Juilliard Orchestra. Conductor: Luciano Berio. Conductor: Luciano Berio.
    • Berio: Recital I for Cathy, Folk Songs: Cathy Berberian, Luciano Berio.
    • RCA.
    • 20.
  • George Gershwin

    Variations on 'I got rhythm' for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Orion Weiss. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Gershwin: Piano Concerto: Weiss/Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/Falletta.
    • NAXOS.
    • 005.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Mar 2025 06:30