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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

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Britten Sinfonia at Lunch: Episode 2

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Britten Sinfonia at Lunch

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Members of the Britten Sinfonia play Poulenc, Handel, Elspeth Brooke and Andre Previn.

Members of the Britten Sinfonia perform at West Road in Cambridge. Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano. Handel: Chamber Trio No. 24. Elspeth Brooke: The Homing Call.

The second concert from this season's award winning series, Britten Sinfonia at Lunch, from West Road in Cambridge, with music for oboe, bassoon and piano by Handel, Previn, Poulenc and Elspeth Brooke.

Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Handel: Chamber Trio No. 24
Elspeth Brooke: The Homing Call (World Premiere Tour)
Andre Previn: Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon


Britten Sinfonia:
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Sarah Burnett (bassoon)
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 at West Road in Cambridge by members of the Britten Sinfonia

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