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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: New Generation Artists 2010

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: New Generation Artists 2010: Episode 3: Mahan Esfahani, Andreas Brantelid

Mahan Esfahani, Andreas Brantelid

Episode 3

Episode 3: Mahan Esfahani, Andreas Brantelid

New Generation Artists 2010

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Performances by Radio 3 New Generation Artists Mahan Esfahani and Andreas Brantelid.

Studio and concert performances by Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani plays Couperin and Bach, and cellist Andreas Brantelid performs Schumann.

More recent studio and concert performances by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Today Katie Derham introduces Iranian-born harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani in Bach's Second English Suite and character pieces by Francois Couperin (from recitals he gave in this year's York Early Music Festival and Brinkburn Festival), and Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid performing Schumann's Five Pieces in Folk Style.

F. Couperin: Les Folies Françoises; La Monète; Passacaille
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston
Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV807
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord).

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.

Studio and concert performances by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme.

Series of studio and concert performances by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme. Including recitals given at the 2010 East Neuk Festival and the 2010 York Early Music Festival

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