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A celebration of music by women composers

The 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor Anja Bihlmaier joins them for music by Neuwirth, Gubaidulina, Gibson and Mayer.

Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester
Presented by Mark Forrest

'I have spent my life trying to create a kind of cathedral of sound'. The words of Sofia Gubaidulina, one of the most significant living composers in the world. Her music, deeply spiritual and dramatic, forms the backbone of the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic's celebration of International Women's Day.

In this programme Anja Bihlmaier makes her Manchester debut as the orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor to explore this kaleidoscopic programme. There's the UK premiere of 'Dreydl' by the genre-defying Olga Neuwirth, alongside music from Sarah Gibson, 'beyond the beyond' is a 蜜芽传媒 commission, written as Sarah's joy at becoming a mother was tempered by a progressive and terminal illness. This concert will see the posthumous premiere of the work.

To finish, the F minor Symphony by Emilie Meyer. A trailblazer in her lifetime, Mayer's music earns her a place amongst the greatest composers of the 19th century.

Olga Neuwirth: Dreydl
Sofia Gubaidulina: The Light of the end

8.10 Interval

Sarah Gibson: beyond the beyond (蜜芽传媒 commission, world premiere)
Emilie Mayer: Symphony in F minor

Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)
蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra

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2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Sat 8 Mar 2025 19:30
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Music Played

  • Olga Neuwirth

    Dreydl

    Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    The Light of the End

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Sonata for Violin and Piano in F

  • Sarah Gibson

    Sure Baby, Manana

  • Sarah Gibson

    Beyond the Beyond World Premiere

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No. 5 in F minor

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 11.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in B flat major, Op.22 no.3

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Lisa Batiashvili plays Brahms & C. Schumann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French suite no.5 in G major BWV.816 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • HYPERION.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Mar 2025 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3