Celebrating Female Composers at Coptic Orthodox Church Centre (UK), Stevenage on Saturday 24th March 2018

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Celebrating Female Composers

Add to my Calendar 24-03-2018 19:30 24-03-2018 21:30 36 Celebrating Female Composers The concert features music by female composers and coincides with the centenary of the Representation of the people act 1918 which marked the beginning of women being given the right to vote. Ethel Smyth was a suffragette and composed the song of the movement. Maconchy acknowledged her debt to Smyth for fighting the corner of women composers in the early 20th century. McDowall is a contemporary composer writing often for choirs. Coptic Orthodox Church Centre (UK), Stevenage DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Coptic Orthodox Church Centre (UK)
Broadhall Way
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG2 8NP
England

Saturday 24th March 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Ethel Smyth – Mass in D
Elizabeth Maconchy – Proud Thames Overture
Cecilia McDowall – Magnificat

Performers

Stephen Bullamore – Conductor
Clare Ward – soprano
Louise Mott – mezzo-soprano
Ben Alden – Tenor
Julian Empett – baritone

North Herts Guild of Singers
Hertfordshire Philharmonia

Programme Note

The concert features music by female composers and coincides with the centenary of the Representation of the people act 1918 which marked the beginning of women being given the right to vote. Ethel Smyth was a suffragette and composed the song of the movement. Maconchy acknowledged her debt to Smyth for fighting the corner of women composers in the early 20th century. McDowall is a contemporary composer writing often for choirs.

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