BBC Symphony Orchestra, The BBC Singers
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International Women's Day
Celebrate International Women's Day 2016 - a global day recognising the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of woman - with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers at Maida Vale Studios in this special concert devoted to the orchestral and choral a cappella music of some of the world's leading female composers.
This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Programme:
Helen Grime Virga
Libby Larsen Deep Summer Music
Thea Musgrave Helios - Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
Sally Beamish Gaudent in Coelis
Alissa Firsova Op. 28 Paradisi Gloria
Sally Beamish Bird Year
Joanna Marsh Fading
Roxanna Panufnik Two Poems by Wendy
Victoria Borisova-Ollas Open Ground
Judith Weir Moon and Star
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