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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: NGA Spring Programmes 2012

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: NGA Spring Programmes 2012: Episode 1: Ruby Hughes, Francesco Piemontesi, Elias Quartet

Music: Classical

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Episode 1: Ruby Hughes, Francesco Piemontesi, Elias Quartet

NGA Spring Programmes 2012

Ruby Hughes, Francesco Piemontesi, Elias Quartet

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Performances by Ruby Hughes, Francesco Piemontesi and the Elias Quartet.

Ruby Hughes (soprano) and Julius Drake (piano) in music by Faure. Francesco Piemontesi (piano) and the Elias Quartet in Brahms. Shabaka Hutchings (clarinet) in Guillaume Connesson.

From Tuesday to Friday this week the Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert is given over to studio and concert performances by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Today features studio recordings of Faure songs performed by soprano Ruby Hughes, followed by two New Generation Artist collaborations: recent graduates Francesco Piemontesi and the Elias Quartet tackle Brahms' evergreen Piano Quintet and clarinettist Shabaka Hutchings pairs up with cellist Nicolas Altstaedt for Guillaume Connesson's vivacious Disco Toccata

Faure: Song selection 
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)

Brahms: Quintet in F minor Op.34 for piano and strings 
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Elias Quartet

Guillaume Connesson: Disco Toccata 
Shabaka Hutchings (clarinet)
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello).

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

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Episode 1: Ruby Hughes, Francesco Piemontesi, Elias Quartet

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