Dame Ethyl Smith cemented her compositional reputation with "The March of the Women" in 1911. A leader of the Women's Suffrage movement in Britain, she was also notable for her romantic relationships with many well-known women of the day, including Virginia Woolf. Tonight we'll hear an example from Dame Ethyl's classical oeuvre, the Suite in E major, featuring pianist Liana Serbescu.
Eugene Ormandy leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in Prokofieff's delightful "Classical" Symphony; we'll also hear Debussy's incidental music for the mystery play "The Martyr of St. Sébastien" (James Conlon conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra). Later in the evening, Steven Isserlis performs Schumann's Cello Concerto, a masterful work which arose from a fit of inspiration in 1850 — but remained unperformed during Schumann's lifetime.
Eugene Ormandy leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in Prokofieff's delightful "Classical" Symphony; we'll also hear Debussy's incidental music for the mystery play "The Martyr of St. Sébastien" (James Conlon conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra). Later in the evening, Steven Isserlis performs Schumann's Cello Concerto, a masterful work which arose from a fit of inspiration in 1850 — but remained unperformed during Schumann's lifetime.
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