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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: Music in the Great War

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Music in the Great War: Episode 4: 1917

Music: Classical

1917

Episode 4

Episode 4: 1917

Music in the Great War

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Music in the Great War, 1917

A concert of music from the year 1917, by Faure, Weill and Bartok.

Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano), Charles Owen (piano) and the Escher Quartet perform music from the year 1917, by Faure, Weill and Bartok.

Music in the Great War. Recorded at Cheltenham Music Festival in 2012, this week's journey through music composed during the First World War reaches 1917 today, with works by Fauré, Weill and Bartok.

Fauré: Cello Sonata No.1 in A major
Weill: Intermezzo
Bartok: String Quartet No.2

Steven Isserlis (cello)
Connie Shih (piano)
Charles Owen (piano)
Escher Quartet.

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.

From the 2012 Cheltenham Music Festival, works composed during World War I

A series of concerts given at the 2012 Cheltenham Music Festival featuring pieces composed during World War I

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