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Music: Classical: Chamber & Recital

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 4

Music: Classical

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Episode 4

Britten Sinfonia at Lunch

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Britten Sinfonia at Lunch, Episode 4

Members of the Britten Sinfonia in music by Tintner, Brett Dean and Schoenberg.

Music from members of the Britten Sinfonia. Georg Tintner: The Ellipse (1st, 3rd mvts). Dean: String Quartet No 2. Schoenberg: String Quartet No 2 (with Alison Bell: soprano).

Britten Sinfonia at Lunch with songs by Georg Tintner, Schoenberg's powerful second quartet, which features a part for solo soprano, and a new commission from Brett Dean - a concert given last month at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge.

Georg Tintner: The Ellipse (Movements 1 & 3)
Brett Dean: String Quartet No 2 (world premiere tour)
Arnold Schoenberg: String Quartet No 2
Alison Bell (soprano),
Jacqueline Shave (violin),
Miranda Dale (violin),
Brett Dean (viola),
Caroline Dearnley (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.

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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