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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Music Festival 2012

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Music Festival 2012: Episode 1

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Cheltenham Music Festival 2012

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Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet gives a recital of music by Debussy.

Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet gives a recital of music by Debussy. Plus Benedict Nelson (baritone) and Joseph Middleton (piano) in Vaughan Williams, Quilter, Purcell and Ireland.

Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs the first of a three part recital, "The Essential Debussy" in front of a capacity audience in the Regency splendour of the Pittville Pump Room, at this year's Cheltenham Music Festival.

Debussy
Ballade
Images (book 1): Reflets dans l'eau; Hommage a Rameau; Mouvement
Preludes (book 1): La fille aux cheveux de lin; La cathedrale engloutie; Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)


Vaughan Williams
The Vagabond

Roger Quilter
Over the Mountains; Where go the boats?

Purcell arr. Britten
I'll sail upon the dog-star

Ireland
Sea Fever

Armstrong-Gibbs
Toll the bell (Four Songs for a Mad Sea Captain)

Benedict Nelson (baritone)
Joseph Middleton (piano).

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Series of concerts given at the 2012 Cheltenham Music Festival

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