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It's all right now ... isn't it?

Jenni Murray is joined by composer Anna Meredith to celebrate the music of women composers, take stock of their great achievements and assess the obstacles they still face.

Jenni Murray concludes her series celebrating the music of women composers with a final fabulous playlist of great music, classic and modern, and exploring the issues women face in forging a career as a composer.

8. It's all right now ... isn't it? Jenni is joined by composer Anna Meredith to take stock of the progress that women composers have made over the past centuries in the face of often great prejudice and adversity, and to look to the future - what obstacles still remain and what solutions still need to be found? The playlist includes music by Mel Bonis, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Caroline Shaw and Dani Howard.

Producer: Graham Rogers

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56 minutes

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Saturday 13:00

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  • Saturday 13:00

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