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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2010

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2010: Episode 10: Nash Ensemble

Edinburgh International Festival 2010

Episode 10

Episode 10: Nash Ensemble

Nash Ensemble

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Edinburgh International Festival 2010, Nash Ensemble

The Nash Ensemble perform Bartok, Gershwin, Copland, Dvorak at 2010's Edinburgh Festival.

The Nash Ensemble perform a jazz-inflected recital at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival. Bartok: Contrasts. Gershwin: Lullaby. Copland: Sextet. Dvorak: String Quartet in E flat, Op 97.

The Nash Ensemble are exceptional for their breadth of repertoire as demonstrated in this Festival programme reflecting jazz flavours of Bartok's "Contrasts" to Gershwin's "Lullaby for String Quartet" via Copland's demanding "Sextet" and Dvorak's uplifting String Quartet in E flat.

Bartok:
Contrasts
Gershwin:
Lullaby for String Quartet
Copland:
Sextet
Dvorak:
String Quartet in E Flat Op 97.

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Series of recitals given as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2010

Series of recitals given at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2010

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