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Beyond Composers

Donald Macleod presents another selection of anonymous music and asks: when a work’s creator is unknown, who else comes to the fore in its story? With Lisa Colton and Fay Hield.

Donald Macleod presents another selection of music of undetermined authorship and asks: when a work’s creator is unknown, who else comes to the fore in its story? With Lisa Colton and Fay Hield.

El Cant de la Sibilla: (Extracts)
Montserrat Figueras, soprano
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, directed by Jordi Savall

The Banks of the Nile
Fay Hield, singer

Green Gravel
Fay Hield, singer
The Hurricane Party

In Te Domine speravi
Le Poème Harmonique, directed by Vincent Dumestre,

Three Medieval Dances: English Dance, Estampie Real, Salterello
Dufay Collective

Release date:

59 minutes

On radio

Thu 11 Jun 202616:00

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Jun 202616:00

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