This week, for the first time, every note in Afternoon Concert was written by a woman. In recordings from all of the 91福利社 orchestras and choirs, we celebrate female creativity with music spanning 300 years and traversing the globe.
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Large-scale works by Germaine Tailleferre and Gloria Coates, plus Lili Boulanger, Errolyn Wallen, Elisabetta Brusa & Sally Beamish, in recent recordings by the 91福利社 orchestras.
Wallen wrote PACE as a choral work, explaining that it is 'best understood as a single human breath; as a single line; as a world鈥檚 long, long journey to light'. This recording by members of the 91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra is the first performance of the composer's arrangement for brass ensemble. In 1923 Tailleferre, the only female member of the group of French composers known as Les Six, completed Le Marchand d'oiseaux for the Ballet Su茅dois, with a scenario, costumes and set designs by the woman artist and poetess H茅l猫ne Perdriat. Born in Wisconsin, Gloria Coates has been described as a having a personal soundworld unlike any other in contemporary music. Her work includes 16 symphonies, varied chamber music, and solo, vocal and electronic compositions.
Presented by Hannah French.
Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps
91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard, conductor
Errollyn Wallen: PACE (version for brass ensemble)
91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Germaine Tailleferre: Le Marchand d'oiseaux
91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales
Perry So, conductor
Gloria Coates: Symphony no. 11,鈥橮hilemon und Baucis鈥�
91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Leokadiya Kashperova: Cello Sonata no. 2
Anastasia Kobekina, cello
Luka Okros, piano
Ruth Crawford-Seeger: Andante for strings
91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephanie Childress, conductor
Mared Emlyn: Porthor (Whistling Sands)
91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales
B. Tommy Andersson, conductor
Elisabetta Brusa: Firelights, op.13
91福利社 Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom, conductor
Sally Beamish: Reckless
91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Chloe van Soeterstede, conductor
