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Music: Classical: Chamber & Recital

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: Barber Centenary Series

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Barber Centenary Series: Episode 3: Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins

Episode 3

Episode 3: Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins

Barber Centenary Series

Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins

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Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (piano) in music by Lukas Foss, Barber and Shostakovich.

Recital given at Birmingham Town Hall by Paul Watkins (cello) and Huw Watkins (piano). Foss: Capriccio. Barber: Sonata, Op 6. Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor, Op 40.

In this week's penultimate Lunchtime Concert from Birmingham Town Hall, Paul and Huw Watkins perform Samuel Barber's early cello sonata alongside that by Shostakovich. The concert also includes a short Capriccio by Barber's fellow American composer, Lukas Foss.

FOSS - Capriccio for cello & piano
BARBER - Sonata for cello & piano Op.6
SHOSTAKOVICH - Sonata for cello & piano in D minor, Op.40.

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.

Series of recitals given to mark the centenary of the birth of Samuel Barber

Series of recitals given at Birmingham Town Hall to mark the centenary of the birth of American composer Samuel Barber

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