Cate Blanchett as Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, caught tonight at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and here enshrined in the spirit of ACD’s recent tribute to Gillian Anderson’s Lady Dedlock.

Playlist:

Peter Maxwell Davies – Naxos Quartets Nos. 5 and 6 – Maggini Quartet (Naxos)

Harrison Birtwistle – The Axe Manual*; Oockooing Bird; Sad Song; Berceuse de Jeanne; Précis; Hector’s Dawn; Ostinato with Melody; Betty Freeman: Her Tango; Saraband: The King’s Farewell; Harrison’s Clocks – Nicolas Hodges, Clarine Edwardes* (Metronome)

James Dillon – Traumwerk; String Quartet No. 2; Parjanya-Vata; Vernal Showers* – Arditti String Quartet, Nieuw Ensemble* (Naïve)