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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: Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2011

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2011: Episode 3: Nicolas Altstaedt, Ben Johnson, Escher String Quartet

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Episode 3: Nicolas Altstaedt, Ben Johnson, Escher String Quartet

Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2011

Nicolas Altstaedt, Ben Johnson, Escher String Quartet

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Performances by Nicolas Altstaedt, Ben Johnson and the Escher String Quartet.

Nicolas Altstaedt in Debussy: Cello Sonata. Ben Johnson (tenor) in songs by Liszt. Escher String Quartet in Brahms: Quartet in A minor, Op 51.

In the third programme this week of recent studio and concert performances by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt plays the Cello Sonata by Debussy, British tenor Ben Johnson sings songs by Liszt, and the Escher String Quartet from the USA perform Brahms's Second Quartet in A minor

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Debussy: Cello Sonata
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Jose Gallardo (piano)

Liszt: Wie singt die Lerche schön, 
Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh, 
Der du von dem Himmel bist
Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano)

Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Escher String Quartet.

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 programmes featuring recent studio and concert performances by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme

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