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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: Verbier Festival 2011

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Verbier Festival 2011: Episode 4: Leonidas Kavakos, Enrico Pace, Denis Matsuev

Music: Classical

Episode 4

Episode 4: Leonidas Kavakos, Enrico Pace, Denis Matsuev

Verbier Festival 2011

Leonidas Kavakos, Enrico Pace, Denis Matsuev

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From Verbier 2011: Shostakovich: Violin Sonata. Stravinsky: 3 Movements from Petrushka.

Leonidas Kavakos (violin) and Enrico Pace (piano) perform Shostakovich's Violin Sonata. Denis Matsuev (piano) plays Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka.

In the final programme this week featuring performances recorded at the 2011 Verbier Festival, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Enrico Pace perform Shostakovich's powerful and searching Violin Sonata, and Denis Matsuev plays Stravinsky's virtuosic piano transcriptions of Three Movements from his ballet Petrushka

Shostakovich: Violin Sonata
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Enrico Pace (piano)

Stravinsky: 3 Movements from Petrushka
Denis Matsuev (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 featuring performances given at the 2011 Verbier Festival in Switzerland

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