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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 100 - Song Cycles at Wigmore Hall

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Britten 100 - Song Cycles at Wigmore Hall: Episode 4

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Britten 100 - Song Cycles at Wigmore Hall

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Britten 100 - Song Cycles at Wigmore Hall, Episode 4

Music by Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne; Cello Sonata in C, Op 65.

Steven Isserlis (cello) and Connie Shih (piano) in Britten: Cello Sonata in C, Op 65. Plus John Mark Ainsley and Malcolm Martineau in Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne.

In this week's series of four concerts, a distinguished line-up of singers and accompanists perform some of Benjamin Britten's most ambitious and searching works for voice and piano. Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Connie Shih provide contrast in the shape of the composer's complete works for cello and piano.

Recorded last December at Wigmore Hall, London, as part of their series 'Britten Birthday Centenary: 'Before Life and After'.


Britten: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 65
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Connie Shih (piano)

Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Trad arr. Britten: 
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I wonder as I wander.

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.

Music by Britten for voice and piano performed at the Wigmore Hall in London

Series of concerts in which a distinguished line-up of singers and accompanists perform works by Britten for voice and piano at the Wigmore Hall in London

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