Constant Lambert (1905-1951) and Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971)
Part Four
Thursday 25 August 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Thursday 1 September 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Constant Lambert and Alan Rawsthorne had a lot in common, not least that they both married the same woman. The amazing Isabel Nicholas was one of the great muses of the 20th century. Donald Macleod looks at how she, and other significant women, affected the composers' lives.
Playlist
Constant Lambert:
Elegiac Blues
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
EMI CDM 5655962
Track 10
Constant Lambert:
Eight Poems by Li-Po
Yvonne Kenny (soprano) and Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Etcetera KTC1140
Tracks 20-27
Alan Rawsthorne:
Concertante for Violin and Piano
Nadia Myerscough (violin),Yoshiko Endo (piano)
Naxos 8554352
Track 5
Constant Lambert:
Pas de Deux
Excerpt from Horoscope
BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
ASV CDDCA1168
T17
Alan Rawsthorne:
Quintet for Piano and Winds
The Fibonacci Sequence
ASV CDDCA 1061
Track 12-15
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