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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Hay Festival 2010

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Hay Festival 2010: Episode 2: Royal String Quartet

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Episode 2: Royal String Quartet

Hay Festival 2010

Royal String Quartet

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The Royal String Quartet in Schumann: Quartet in A, Op 41; Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44.

The Royal String Quartet from Poland perform at the 2010 Hay Festival. Schumann: Quartet in A, Op 41 No 3; Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44 (soloist - Leon McCawley).

Presented by Katie Derham. 

The Royal String Quartet from Poland are invited to the 2010 Hay Festival to perform Schumann's Quartet (Op.41/3) in A major, and are joined by British pianist Leon McCawley for Schumann's Piano Quintet for piano and strings (Op.44) in E flat major. The concert is part of Radio 3's Schumann 200 celebrations. 

Royal String Quartet 

Schumann: Quartet in A major Op.41/3 
Schumann: Piano Quintet in Eb Op.44
with Leon McCawley (piano).

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.

Katie Derham presents concerts from the 2010 Hay Festival, featuring music by Schumann

Katie Derham presents a series of concerts given at St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye at the 2010 Festival, in celebration the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth

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