Music Matters - International Women’s Day: Women in orchestras

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As part of Radio 3's programming around International Women's Day, Tom investigates issues of gender in professional orchestras, both in the UK and internationally. We speak to researcher Christina Scharff and Orchestra Official for the Musicians’ Union, Morris Stemp, about the figures, plus Opera North’s Richard Mantle and Michael Garvey of BBC National Orchestra of Wales tell us about how their orchestras deal with the issue. And bassoonist Amy Harman tells us about her experience of being a minority in a major London orchestra.