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Women Composers Special

Jamie honours some of the pioneering women whose work has shaped & enriched the classical landscape, including music from Kassia, Evelyn Glennie, Anna Meredith & Anoushka Shankar.

Jamie MacDougall honours some of the pioneering women whose music has shaped and enriched the classical landscape. Including music from Kassia, Imogen Holst, Sally Beamish, Evelyn Glennie, Anna Meredith and more. Sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar introduces two contrasting pieces from her album Chapter 3: We Return To Light, plus a special concert recording of Belize-born composer Errollyn Wallen鈥檚 The World鈥檚 Weather, performed by the 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

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Music Played

  • Kassiani

    Pelagia

    • Kassia - Byzantine Hymns of the first female composer of the Occident.
    • Christophorus.
    • 11.

  • Anna Meredith

    Nautilus

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.

  • Imogen Holst

    Persephone

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
    • 1.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ave, generosa: Verses 1 - 4

    Performer: Elisabeth Paul. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Ave, generosa: Verses 1 - 4.
    • CORO.
    • 1.

  • Judith Weir

    Still Glowing

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Dalia's Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Hiraeth

  • Anoushka Shankar

    We Burn So Brightly

  • Ethel Smyth

    Songs of Sunrise: No. 3, The March of the Women. "Shout, Shout, Up with Your Son"

    Conductor: Philip Brunelle. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series. Choir: VocalEssence Chorus.
    • Smyth: Mass in D Major, Aria from "The Boatswain's Mate" & The March of the Wome.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor: III. Presto con brio

    Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.
    • Smyth: Complete Piano Works.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    A Little Prayer

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

  • Evelyn Glennie

    North Cascades

    • Winter Wonderland.
    • KPM Main Series.
    • 3.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Frost Flowers

    • Winter Wonderland.
    • KPM Main Series.
    • 4.

  • Phamie Gow

    Exile

    • Road Of The Loving Heart.
    • Wildfire Records.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    The World's Weather

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 7 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
    • Romance - The Piano Music Of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.

  • Sally Beamish

    In the Stillness

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.1, Allegro molto vivace

    Ensemble: London Bridge Trio.
    • Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn*, Atos Trio, London Bridge Trio, Lars Vogt 鈥庘��.
    • 蜜芽传媒 Music Magazine.
    • 08.

  • Catriona McKay

    Swan LK243

    • Starfish.
    • Glimster Records.
    • 4.

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