Three Centuries of Women Composers - Monday

This week, for the first time, every note in Afternoon Concert was written by a woman. In recordings from all of the BBC orchestras and choirs, we celebrate female creativity with music spanning 300 years and traversing the globe.

In today's collection - the eighteenth-century Italian violinist and composer Maddalena Sirmen and contemporary composers Linda Catlin Smith and Onute Narbutaite from Canada and Lithuania. Plus, we hear recordings from the archives of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme, including Ethel Smyth's epic double concerto, written in 1927.

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Programme

Elfrida Andrée: Concert overture in D major

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Chloe van Soeterstede, conductor

Judith Weir: Tiger under the table

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor

Ethel Smyth: Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra

Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Elena Urioste, violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Daniel Blendulf, conductor

Linda Catlin Smith: Nuages

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor

Ruth Gipps: Symphony no. 3, op.57

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Onute Narbutaite: La Barca

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet no. 5 in F minor

Aris Quartet

Morfydd Owen: Nocturne

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Perry So, conductor