Composer of the Week - Amy Beach (1867-1944) - Episode 5

Now well into her sixties, by the mid-1930s Amy Beach was finally beginning to feel her age. Moving to Manhattan, she embarked on a remarkable final chapter in her musical life, producing some of her most distinctive songs and piano works, as well as a Creole-infused chamber opera, "Cabildo". Donald Macleod explores the music of Amy Beach's last decade.