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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 3

Music: Classical

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Episode 3

Britten Sinfonia at Lunch

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

Members of the Britten Sinfonia in Cole: Versa est in luctum. Beethoven: Septet in E flat.

Music performed by members of the Britten Sinfonia. William Cole: Versa est in luctum (world premiere tour). Beethoven: Septet in E flat, Op 20.

Britten Sinfonia at Lunch with music by Beethoven and a new commission from William Cole - a concert given in March at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge.

William Cole: Versa est in luctum (world premiere tour)
Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, Op 20
Joy Farrall (clarinet),
Sarah Burnett (bassoon),
Susan Dent (horn),
Marianne Thorsen (violin),
Clare Finnimore (viola),
Caroline Dearnley (cello),
Stephen Williams (double bass).

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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