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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2009: Episode 10: Sophie Bevan, Allan Clayton and Giuliano Sommerhalder

Episode 10

Episode 10: Sophie Bevan, Allan Clayton and Giuliano Sommerhalder

City of London Festival 2009

Sophie Bevan, Allan Clayton and Giuliano Sommerhalder

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Sophie Bevan, Allan Clayton and Giuliano Sommerhalder in Handel, Purcell and Nicholson.

Sophie Bevan (soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Guiliano Sommerhalder (trumpet) and Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord/organ) perform music by Handel, Purcell and Alasdair Nicholson.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals

Louise Fryer presents a performance by Radio 3 New Generation Artists from the 2009 City of London Festival.

Sophie Bevan (soprano)    
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet)                        
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord/organ)              

Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim (Samson); O Sleep (Semele)
Purcell: Sweeter than Roses; If music be the food of love; Twas Within a Furlong of Edinburgh Town; Music for a While; Man is for Woman Made (arr Britten)
Handel: His Hideous Love; Love Sounds the Alarm (Acis and Galatea); As Steals the Morn (L'Allegro)
Alasdair Nicholson: The Humble Petition of Bruar Water.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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Series of concerts given at the 2009 City of London arts festival

Series of concerts given at the 2009 City of London Festival, featuring members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme

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