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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: Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2011

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2011: Episode 1: MacMillan, Maxwell Davies, Shostakovich

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Episode 1: MacMillan, Maxwell Davies, Shostakovich

Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2011

MacMillan, Maxwell Davies, Shostakovich

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Chamber concert recordings from all over the UK and beyond.

As part of a series of concerts given at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, the Britten Sinfonia perform James MacMillan, Shostakovich and a new work by Peter Maxwell Davies.

The Award Winning "Britten Sinfonia at Lunch" series of concerts from Cambridge starts this year with a focus on composer James MacMillan who has chosen a piano quintet by Shostakovich and a new work by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies to stand alongside music of his own. 

James MacMillan: For Max
James MacMillan: 25th May 1967
James MacMillan: Walfrid, On His Arrival at The Gates of Paradise
James MacMillan: For Sally
Peter Maxwell Davies: Nocturne No 1 (World Premiere tour)
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor

Members of Britten Sinfonia:

Jacqueline Shave, Miranda Dale (violins)
Martin Outram (viola)
Caroline Dearnley (cello)
Huw Watkins (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.

Series of concerts given by the Britten Sinfonia at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.

Series of concerts given by the Britten Sinfonia at the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge

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