Composer of the Week: Ruth Gipps: The Conductor

Donald Macleod is joined by Ruth Gipps' daughter-in-law Victoria Rowe, considering the types of obstacles the composer encountered in her professional capacities as an educator and as a conductor. Including music from her fourth symphony and her horn concerto. Symphony No 4 Op 61 (excerpt). II: Adagio - piu mosso - Tempo I (Adagio). BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Rumon Gamba. Sonata for cello and piano, op 63 (excerpt). Joseph Spooner (cello), Duncan Honeybourne (piano). Theme and Variations, Op 57a. Duncan Honeybourne (piano). Symphony No 4 Op 61. I: Moderato - Allegro molto - poco meno mosso: Tempo I (Allegro molto) - Moderato; Allegro molto - Poco meno mosso; Allegro molto - Moderato. BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Rumon Gamba. Horn Concerto, Op 58. David Pyatt (horn), London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite