This week, for the first time, every note in Afternoon Concert was written by a woman. In recordings from all of the Â鶹ԼÅÄ orchestras and choirs, we celebrate female creativity with music spanning 300 years and traversing the globe.
In today's collection –
Music by contemporary women composers from across the world interspersed with works by twentieth century trailblazers from the UK: Grace Williams, Dorothy Howell and Minna Keal, performed by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Orchestras.
Grace Williams is generally regarded as Wales's most notable female composer, and the first British woman to score a feature film.
Dorothy Howell was championed by Sir Henry Wood but after Proms performances throughout the 1920s was all but forgotten until about a decade ago.
Minna Keal studied at the RAM in the 1920s, and then pretty much stopped her musical career, only returning to it when she was in her 80s. Her music was performed at the Proms in 1989 when she was 80: ‘I felt I was coming to the end of my life, but now I feel as if I'm just beginning. I feel as if I'm living my life in reverse’.
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Grace Williams: Four illustrations for the legend of Rhiannon
Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales
Perry So, conductor
Roxanna Panufnik: 4 World Seasons for violin and orchestra
Tasmin Little, violin
Ulster Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni, conductor
Dorothy Howell: 2 pieces for muted strings
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Teresa Riveiro Bohm, conductor
Florentine Mulsant: Vocalise for solo viola, op.53
Lise Berthaud, viola
Dobrinka Tabakova: On the South Downs
Natalie Clein, cello
Truro Cathedral Choir
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra
Christopher Grey, conductor
Augusta Read Thomas: Brio for orchestra
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Outi Tarkiainen: Midnight sun variations
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor
Minna Keal: Symphony
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
Anna Clyne: Masquerade
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Diana Burrell: Resurrection
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson, conductor
