• Episode 4: Staying Alive with Ethel Smyth

  • Feb 6 2019
  • Length: 18 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 4: Staying Alive with Ethel Smyth

  • Summary

  • We journey back a hundred years to explore the life of Ethel Smyth: composer, suffragette and all-round legend. Also, there are pirates. Each episode is also accompanied by a playlist in Apple Music – you can find those here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/curator/classic-fm/1211395150 Music from: Ethel Smyth: Concerto for Violin – BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Odaline de la Martinez (Chandos) Ethel Smyth: Mass in D – Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series/Philip Brunelle (EMI) Ethel Smyth: The Wreckers – Scottish National Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson (Warner) Ethel Smyth: March of the Women – Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series/Philip Brunelle (EMI) Ethel Smyth: The Boatswain’s Mate, Overture – BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Rumon Gamba (Chandos) Ethel Smyth: String Quartet in E minor – Mannheim String Quartet (CPO)
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