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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Music Festival 2014

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Music Festival 2014: Episode 3

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Episode 3

Cheltenham Music Festival 2014

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Cheltenham Music Festival 2014, Episode 3

Music by Ravel, Debussy and Bacewicz performed at the 2014 Cheltenham Music Festival.

Louis Schwizgebel (piano) in Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit and Debussy: L'isle joyeuse. Apollon Musagete Quartet and Louis Schwizgebel in Bacewicz: Piano Quintet No 1.

This week's lunchtime concerts come from the Cheltenham Music Festival, which celebrates its 70th birthday this year, and feature Radio 3 New Generation Artists. The pianist Louis Schwizgebel performs Ravel and Debussy, and he is joined by the Apollon Musagète Quartet to perform the first Piano Quintet by Poland's most prominent female composer of the 20th century, Bacewicz.

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Louis Schwizgebel (piano)

Debussy: L'isle joyeuse
Louis Schwizgebel (piano)

Bacewicz: Piano Quintet No 1
Apollon Musagète Quartet/ Louis Schwizgebel (piano).

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Series of concerts given at the 2014 Cheltenham Music Festival

Series of concerts given at the 2014 Cheltenham Music Festival, celebrating its 70th birthday year

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