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New Generation Artists: Francesco Piemontesi, Meta4 and Giuliano Sommerhalder

Francesco Piemontesi, Meta4 and Giuliano Sommerhalder

05/09/2010

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Performances by Francesco Piemontesi, Meta4 and Giuliano Sommerhalder.

Francesco Piemontesi (piano) in Schumann: Toccata, Op 7. Meta4 in Haydn: String Quartet in A. Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet), Roberto Arosio (piano) in Boehme: La Napolitaine.

Sarah Walker introduces mroe specially recorded performances by current members of the Radio 3 talent scheme: Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi plays Schumann's youthful and exuberant Toccata; Finnish quartet Meta4 perform Haydn's elegant A major Quartet, Op. 55 No. 1; and Swiss trumpeter Giuliano Sommerhalder rounds things off with a tarantella by Oskar Boehme. 

SCHUMANN
Toccata, Op. 7
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

HAYDN
String Quartet in A major, Op. 55 No. 1
Meta4

BOEHME
La Napolitaine - tarantella
Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet), Roberto Arosio (piano).

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