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International Women's Day

Celebrating women in classical music with a concert from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, performing Louise Farrenc and Clara Schumann.

Celebrating women in classical music with a concert from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. They play Louise Farrenc's Symphony no 1 and Clara Schumann's Konzertsatz for piano and orchestra. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Konzertsatz in F minor for piano and orchestra
Can Çakmur (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Laurence Equilbey (conductor)

12:44 AM
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op 32
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Laurence Equilbey (conductor)

01:15 AM
Valborg Aulin (1860-1928)
String Quartet in F major
Tale String Quartet

01:41 AM
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
Nocturne for flute and piano
Valentinas Gelgotas (flute), Audrone Kisieliute (piano)

01:44 AM
Maria Antonia Walpurgis (Electress of Saxony) (1724-1780)
Sinfonia from 'Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni' - Dramma per musica
Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, Tobias Schade (director)

01:51 AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Alma Redemptoris Mater & Ave Maria, O auctrix vite
Sequentia, Elizabeth Gaver (medieval fiddle), Elisabetta de Mircovich (medieval fiddle)

02:02 AM
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923)
Piano Quintet in B minor, Op 40
Ida Gamulin (piano), Zagreb Quartet

02:31 AM
Grace Williams (1906-1977)
Symphony no 2
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

03:12 AM
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Sonata for harp
Godelieve Schrama (harp)

03:22 AM
Marianne Martines (1744-1812)
Two arias from 'Sant’Elena al Calvario'
Ilona Domnich (soprano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Jane Glover (conductor)

03:36 AM
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729)
Sonata in D major for 2 violins and continuo
Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)

03:45 AM
Dobrinka Tabakova (b.1980)
Pirin for viola
Maxim Rysanov (viola)

03:54 AM
Ruth Watson Henderson (b.1932)
Gloria for SSAA, brass quintet, timpani & percussion
Elmer Iseler Singers, Robert Venables (trumpet), Robert Devito (trumpet), Linda Broncesky (horn), Ian Cowie (trombone), Marc Bonang (tuba), Graham Hargrove (percussion), Nicolas Coulter (percussion), Lydia Adams (conductor)

04:00 AM
Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929)
Concert Overture in D major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chloé van Soeterstèd (conductor)

04:12 AM
Rhona Clarke (b.1958)
A Song for St Cecilia's Day
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

04:18 AM
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
Lied (Lenau): Larghetto; Wanderlied: Presto Op 8 nos 3 & 4
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

04:24 AM
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
"Begl'occhi, bel seno" Costumo de grandi for soprano, 2 violins and continuo
Susanne Ryden (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)

04:31 AM
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
Overture in C major
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Lionel Bringuier (conductor)

04:41 AM
Francesca Caccini (1587-1640)
Maria, dolce Maria - from Il primo libro delle musiche a una, e due voci
Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs (director)

04:44 AM
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
Psalm XXIV, LB 36 'La terre appartient à l'Éternel'
Ilker Arcayürek (tenor), Basler Madrigalisten, Babette Mondry (organ), Basel Symphony Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor)

04:49 AM
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Flute Concertino, Op 107
Maria Filippova (flute), Ekaterina Mirzaeva (piano)

04:57 AM
Vivian Fung (b.1975)
Baroque Melting
Bern Symphony Orchestra, Gemma New (conductor)

05:04 AM
Ester Mägi (1922-2021)
Ballad 'Tuule Tuba' (House of Wind)
Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Akadeemiline Meeskoor [Academic Male Choir of Tallinn T, Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer (conductor)

05:12 AM
Augusta Holmès (1847-1903)
Roland Furieux, Symphony after Ariosto
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Valentina Peleggi (conductor)

05:39 AM
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940)
Piano Trio in A minor, Op Posth
Gould Piano Trio

06:08 AM
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Wind Sinfonietta, Op 73
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)

06:26 AM
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
March of the Women
Isabel Pfefferkorn (mezzo-soprano), Jenny Högström (soprano), Amadeus Wiesensee (piano)

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6 hours

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  • Sun 8 Mar 202600:30