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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: Nicola Benedetti and Friends

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Nicola Benedetti and Friends: Episode 2: Nicola Benedetti, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Maxim Rysanov, Leonard Elschenbroich

Music: Classical

Episode 2

Episode 2: Nicola Benedetti, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Maxim Rysanov, Leonard Elschenbroich

Nicola Benedetti and Friends

Nicola Benedetti, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Maxim Rysanov, Leonard Elschenbroich

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Nicola Benedetti and friends perform Shostakovich and Mahler at LSO St Luke's in London.

Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola) and Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) perform Mahler and Shostakovich at LSO St Luke's in London.

The second of four concerts this week given by captivating British violinist Nicola Benedetti and friends at LSO St Luke's in London. Today, she is joined by Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) and Alexei Grynyuk (piano) for Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor. The Quintet was awarded the Stalin Prize just a year after its first performance for which the composer himself was at the piano. Alongside this piece, performances of Shostakovich's 5 pieces for two violins and piano, as well as Mahler's unfinished Piano Quartet.

Presented by Katie Derham

FULL PROGRAMME
Shostakovich (arr. Lev Atovmyan) 5 pieces for 2 violins and piano
Mahler:Piano Quartet movement in A minor
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57

Nicola Benedetti (violin)
Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin)
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Alexei Grynyuk (piano).

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Concerts given at LSO St Luke's in London by violinist Nicola Benedetti and friends

Series of concerts given at LSO St Luke's in London by violinist Nicola Benedetti and friends

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