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1999 Cheltenham Festival

on BBC Radio 3

Chris de Souza introduces another concert direct from the Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham. Today's recital is given by the Vanbrugh Quartet with the viola player Philip Dukes.
Beethoven String Quartet in E flat, Op 74 (Harp)
Ian Wilson String Quartet No 1 (Winter's Edge)
11.50 Art Matters
What Happened at Downing Street In June 1998 Tony Blair and Chris Smith hosted a seminar at Downing Street for selected arts figures to hear views on the crisis in the arts. In the second of five talks based on essays from his new collection, John Tusa , managing director of the Barbican Centre in London, recalls the meeting and describes its aftermath.
12.10 Mozart String Quintet in G minor, K516 See also 7.30pm

Contributors

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Philip Dukes.
Harp:
Ian Wilson
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Tony Blair
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Chris Smith
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John Tusa

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