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Rebecca Clarke, violist and composer
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Rebecca Clarke

Rebecca Clarke was an English composer and violist who grew up at a time when there weren't many opportunities for female composers and musicians. Happily, she lived long enough to see her work played and appreciated around the world. On Monday's Performance Today, hear Rebecca Clarke's 'Morpheus', a piece that she debuted in 1918 under the pen name of... Anthony Trent.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Manuel de Falla: Suite populaire espagnole Nos 6 & 7
Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, lutheal
Daniel Hope East Meets West
Warner 61329

Johann Sebastian Bach (trans. Ferruccio Busoni): Chaconne in D minor, from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus
Amber Archibald, viola; Jamie Namkung, piano
KING FM, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA

Manuel de Falla (arr. William Kanengiser): El Amor Brujo
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Hour 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2: Movement 3
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
Mozart Violin Concertos
Avie 2317

Antonin Dvorak: Bagatelles for two violins, cello and harmonium
James Ehnes, violin; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Edward Arron, cello; Andrew Armstrong, harmonium
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Marin Marais: Chaconne
Trio Settecento
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH

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