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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Wales Festivals 2012

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Wales Festivals 2012: Episode 2

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Wales Festivals 2012

Episode 2

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Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Debussy and Faure from the 2012 Gregynog and Gower Festivals.

From 2012's Gower Festival: Kungsbacka Piano Trio performs Beethoven and Faure. From the Gregynog Festival: Alessandro Taverna (piano) in Beethoven, Brinley Richards and Debussy.

Louise Fryer introduces more music-making from the summer months at Wales's leading festivals. Today, watery reflections on his native Venice from pianist Alessandro Taverna at the Gregynog Festival, plus a trip to the Gower Festival where the peninsula's churches provide one the UK's most alluring musical atmospheres. 

Beethoven: Kakadu Variations
The Kungsbacka Piano Trio

Mendelssohn: Venetian Boat Song No. 2
Brinley Richards: Le Carnaval de Venise
Debussy: L'isle joyeuse
Alessandro Taverna (piano)

Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor
The Kungsbacka Piano Trio.

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.

Highlights from the music festivals held across Wales in the summer of 2012

Louise Fryer introduces a series programmes featuring highlights from the music festivals held across Wales in the summer of 2012

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