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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: Schwetzingen Festival 2013

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2013: Episode 2

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Schwetzingen Festival 2013

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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Enescu and the Pavel Haas Quartet perform Janacek.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) and Polina Leschenko (piano) perform music by Bartok and Enescu. Plus the Pavel Haas Quartet in Janacek's String Quartet No 1.

More highlights from the annual festival: violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and pianist Polina Leschenko play Bartok's Romanian Dances and Enescu's Violin Sonata No 3, and the Pavel Haas Quartet perform Janacek's First String Quartet, inspired by Tolstoy's short novel 'The Kreutzer Sonata'.

Bartók: Six Romanian Folksongs, Sz56
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Polina Leschenko (piano)

Janácek: String Quartet No.1 (Kreutzer Sonata)
Pavel Haas Quartet

Enescu: Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 25
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Polina Leschenko (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.

Highlights from the 2013 Schwetzingen Festival in south western Germany

Series of programmes featuring highlights from the 2013 Schwetzingen Festival in south western Germany

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