Afternoon on 3 - Ulster Orchestra - Episode 1

For many centuries, women composers and performers were kept from public view. Tradition deemed it only proper that females confine themselves to the domestic arts and leave the concert hall to the men. Considered a novelty, women's music might be heard at best in drawing rooms and recital parlours. In this week's Afternoon on 3, Katie Derham showcases some of the works which found their way into the repertoire, including those by Clara Schumann and Germaine Tailleferre. She'll be launching the week with a piece by leading Northern Ireland composer Elaine Agnew, written in 1994. Première recordings of rediscovered works by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford also feature today, together with some of the finest Ulster Orchestra performances from the last year. Elaine Agnew: Strings Astray Ulster Orchestra Jane Glover (conductor) Stanford: Overture in the Style of a Tragedy Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Stanford: A Fairy Day Ulster Youth Choir (female voices) Ulster Orchestra Howard Shelley (conductor) Hamilton Harty: With the Wild Geese Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) 3pm Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto Sa Chen (piano) Ulster Orchestra Howard Shelley (conductor) Robert Schumann: Symphony No.4 Ulster Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor) Tailleferre: Harp Concerto Catrin Finch (harp) Ulster Orchestra JoAnn Falletta (conductor) 4.20pm Bizet: Symphony in C Ulster Orchestra JoAnn Falletta (conductor).