English composer Ruth Gipps was born in 1921. She composed music throughout her life, but she was also a champion of 20th century music. Gipps founded two orchestras that focussed on music by living composers, and she fought for the place of women among contemporary composers, conductors and performers right up until her death in 1999.
On today's show, hear a piece that conductor Jessica Horsley describes as "...the sort of music that just makes everything alright in the world. It heals all wounds", the Symphony No. 2 by Ruth Gipps.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Nino Rota: Clarinet Trio Movement 3
Ensemble Nino Rota:
Paolo Beltramini, clarinet | Cecilia Radic, cello | Massimo Palumbo, piano
Album: Rota: Chamber Music
Chandos 9832
Courtney Bryan: Eternal Rest
Courtney Bryan, piano
Album: This Little Light of Mine
Courtney Bryan 884501336819
Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in D minor, Op. 11
Jon Kimura Parker, piano | Angelo Xiang Yu, violin | Jakob Koranyi, cello
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church Bridgehampton, NY
Nino Rota: Ballabili da Il Gattopardo
RAI Symphony | John Axelrod, conductor
Arturo Toscanini RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy
Hour 2
Mikhail Glinka: A Greeting to My Native Land: I. Souvenir d'une mazurka
Vyacheslav Gryaznov, piano
Album: Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Pt. 8
Melodiya
Ludwig van Beethoven: Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon No. 1 in C major
Alcides Rodriguez, clarinet | Andrew Brady, bassoon
Atlanta Chamber Players, First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, GA
Mikhail Glinka, arr. Vyacheslav Gryaznov: Valse-Fantasie
Vyacheslav Gryaznov, piano
Grand Piano Series, Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, Naples, FL
Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 2, Op. 30
Basel Sinfonietta | Jessica Horsley, conductor
Casino, Bern Switzerland
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