The Manchester Camerata led by John Andrews present a program spotlighting four distinct 20th century British composers — Ruth Gipps, Doreen Carwithen, William Alwyn, and Elizabeth Maconchy — whose works chart an alternative path through an era often confined to either pastoral lyricism or modernist edginess. Featuring soloists Alex Mitchell (viola), Alexandra Dariescu (piano), and Rachel Clegg (cor anglais), these …

Following albums that explore the solo piano works of Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Nora Douglas Holt, and Betty Jackson, and an album of chamber music from the African continent & diaspora with Castle of our Skins, the performer-scholar Dr. Samantha Ege’s new recording features concertos by two trailblazing female composers of the mid-twentieth century. Julia Perry’s Concerto in Two Uninterrupted …