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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: Lunchtime Schubertiad

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Lunchtime Schubertiad: Episode 8: ORNC Greenwich: Francesco Piemontesi

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ORNC Greenwich: Francesco Piemontesi

Episode 8

Episode 8: ORNC Greenwich: Francesco Piemontesi

Lunchtime Schubertiad

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Francesco Piemontesi (piano) in Schubert: Sonata in A, D664; Sonata in A, D959.

Francesco Piemontesi in a piano recital given at the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D664; Piano Sonata in A, D959.

Crowning BBC Radio 3's celebration of The Spirit of Schubert, the final Lunchtime Schubertiad takes place in the opulent setting of the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Here, the refined Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi performs two of Schubert's Sonatas in A major, the 'Little' Sonata D664 and one of his three late piano works composed in 1828, D959. 

Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

Schubert:
Sonata in A major, D664
Sonata in A major, D959.

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 special concerts aiming to recreate the spirit of Schubert's time

Series of special concerts aiming to recreate the spirit of Schubert's time, for a season celebrating the Viennese composer's life and music

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