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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 1

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Schwetzingen Festival 2013

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Featuring a piano sonata by Haydn, songs by Wolf and a string quintet by Mendelssohn.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs a piano sonata by Haydn, soprano Christiane Karg sings songs by Wolf, and violinist Isabelle Faust leads Mendelssohn's Second String Quintet.

A week of highlights from the annual festival at Schwetzingen in South-Western Germany begins with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performing Haydn's Piano Sonata in E, soprano Christiane Karg singing five songs from Wolf's Italian Songbook, and violinist Isabelle Faust leading a performance of Mendelssohn's Second String Quintet.

Haydn: Piano Sonata in E, HobXVI:22
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (Mir ward gesagt; Mein Liebster singt am Haus; Mein Liebster ist so klein; Ich liess mir sagen; Ich hab in Penna
Christiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano)

Mendelssohn: String Quintet No 2 in B flat, Op 87
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Julia-Maria Kretz (violin)
Pauline Sachse (viola)
Stefan Fehlandt (viola)
Jens-Peter Maintz (cello).

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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