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Ten Pieces: A journey to Sally Beamish's Seavaigers

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps some of the key pieces by women composers chosen for the new BBC's Ten Pieces, designed to inspire and delight school-age children with classical music.

Featuring music by Dame Judith Weir, Sally Beamish, Margaret Bonds and Hildegard of Bingen.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Oct 202413:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes Op. 33a (from Peter Grimes): iv) Storm

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Tempest, Suite No. 2, Op. 109 iii) Dance of the Nymphs

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Hänssler.

  • Judith Weir

    Storm iii) Magic

    Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: Choristers of Temple Church. Ensemble: Endymion. Conductor: David Hill.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Ravel: Sheherazade; Ma Mere l'Oye; La Valse: BSO/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • William Lawes

    Consort Sett no. 3 for six viols in F major: Fantazy

    Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.

  • Duke Ellington

    I Like the Sunrise

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Jazz for Winter.
    • UME.
    • 20.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: IV. Dawn in Dixie

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • African American Voices II.
    • Linn Records.
    • 04.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep river (24 Folk melodies Op.59)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Mighty River

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No. 1, HWV 348 vi. Air

    Performer: Georg Kallweit. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI: HMC 902216.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 6.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.3 "Rhenish": v) Lebhaft (finale)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Columba aspexit

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Doreen Muskett. Choir: Gothic Voices. Director: Christopher Page.
    • HYPERION.

  • Cassie Kinoshi

    Sun through my window (Gratitude)

    Performer: Cassie Kinoshi. Ensemble: SEED Ensemble. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • gratitude.
    • International Anthem.
    • 4.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Boulanger: Faust Et Helene Etc. - Soloists/CBSC/BBC Phil./Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 "Spring" i) Allegro

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Jan Jansen. Performer: Stacey Watton. Performer: Maarten Jansen. Performer: Julian Rachlin. Performer: Candida Thompson. Performer: Henk Rubingh.
    • Decca.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Estaciónes porteñas: No. 4, Primavera porteña

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Héctor Console. Performer: Rodolfo Mederos.
    • Teldec.

  • Samuel Barber

    Heaven-Haven: A Nun Takes the Veil Op. 13, No. 1

    Choir: Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Somm.

  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Lament)

    Performer: Catriona McKay. Performer: Chris Stout. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto In E Flat i) Allegro

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 Oct 202413:30
    BBC Radio 3