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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2012

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2012: Episode 4

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Schwetzingen Festival 2012

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Schwetzingen Festival 2012, Episode 4

Music from the 2012 Schwetzingen Festival, by Gesualdo and Schubert.

From the Schweetzingen Festival 2012: The Hilliard Ensemble in Gesualdo's Omnes amici mei. Plus a performance of Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and Maiden).

Louise Fryer presents highlights from this year's Schwetzingen Festival. Today's programme features the Hilliard Ensemble in music by Gesualdo, followed by an all-star performance of Schubert's mighty String Quartet in D minor, subtitled 'Death and the Maiden'.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsory (Omnes amici mei)
Hilliard Ensemble

Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D810 'Death and Maiden'
Julia Fischer (violin)
Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin)
Nils Mönkemeyer (viola)
Benjamin Nyffenegger (cello).

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Louise Fryer presents programmes featuring highlights from the 2012 Schwetzingen Festival.

Louise Fryer presents a series of programmes of highlights from the 2012 Schwetzingen Festival

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