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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 Sinfonia at Lunch

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Britten Sinfonia at Lunch: Episode 1

Music: Classical

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Episode 1

Britten Sinfonia at Lunch

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Britten Sinfonia at Lunch, Episode 1

Members of the Britten Sinfonia in music by Mozart, Sally Beamish and Faure.

Music from members of the Britten Sinfonia. Mozart: Adagio (Violin Sonata in E flat, K481). Beamish: The King's Alchemist. Faure: Piano Quartet No 2.

Britten Sinfonia at Lunch with music by Mozart and Fauré and a new commission from Sally Beamish - a concert given in December last year at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio from Violin Sonata in E flat major, K481
Jacqueline Shave (violin),
Huw Watkins (piano).

Sally Beamish: The King's Alchemist (world premiere tour)
Jacqueline Shave (violin),
Clare Finnimore (viola),
Caroline Dearnley (cello).

Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 45
Jacqueline Shave (violin),
Clare Finnimore (viola),
Caroline Dearnley (cello),
Huw Watkins (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.

Members of the Britten Sinfonia perform at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge

Series of concerts given at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, featuring performances by members of the Britten Sinfonia

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