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New Generation Thinker Christienna Fryar is joined by four scholars whose work on composers has fed into concerts being recorded by the 91¸£ÀûÉç Philharmonic.

Musicologist and pianist Dr Samantha Ege from the University of Oxford, is working on the American composer and pianist Margaret Bonds (1913 – 1972)

Dwight Pile-Gray, who is studying at the London College of Music at the University of West London, is researching the Canadian American composer, organist, pianist, choir director and music professor Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882 – 1943)

The ethnomusicologist and instrumentalist Ahmed Abdul Rahman, doing his PhD at Bath Spa University is investigating the music of Sudanese composer Ali Osman (1958 – 2017)

Musicologist and pianist Dr Phil Alexander is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Edinburgh working on the Scottish Jewish composer Isaac Hirshow (1883 – 1956)

You can find another episode looking at three more composers: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Kikuko Kanai and Julia Perry available as an Arts and Ideas podcast.

The 91¸£ÀûÉç Philharmonic concert featuring the music of Nathaniel Dett, Margaret Bonds and Joseph Bologne. was broadcast by 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 3 in Afternoon Concert and is available for 28 days on 91¸£ÀûÉç Sounds /programmes/m001414g

Celebrating classical composers from diverse ethnic backgrounds is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of joint project run in partnership with 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 3 https://www.ukri.org/news/celebrating-classical-composers-from-diverse-ethnic-backgrounds-2/

It builds upon an earlier partnership focused on Forgotten Female Composers which is continuing to lead to more of their music being performed and recorded

https://ahrc.ukri.org/documents/publications/forgotten-female-composers/

Producer: Amelia Parker
Image: 91¸£ÀûÉç Philharmonic Orchestra