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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: Leeds International Chamber Season and Sheffield Music in the Round

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Leeds International Chamber Season and Sheffield Music in the Round: Episode 4

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Episode 4

Leeds International Chamber Season and Sheffield Music in the Round

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Chamber music by Tveitt, Sinding, Saeverud, Thoresen and Franck from Leeds and Sheffield.

With music by Tveitt, Sinding, Saeverud and Thoresen performed at the Leeds International Chamber Season 2014/15, plus a work by Franck played in Sheffield.

This week's Lunchtime Concerts come from the Leeds International Chamber Season and Sheffield's Music in the Round. Today, there's piano music by Geir Tveitt, Christian Sinding and Harald Saeverud, along with the world premiere of a new piece by Lasse Thorese - all played by the Norwegian pianist Håvard Gimse. To end the series, members of Ensemble 360 perform César Franck's tour-de-force Piano Quintet in F minor.

Geirr Tveitt: Arvesylv (Family Silver) [50 Folk Tunes from Hardanger]
Sinding: Rustle of Spring, Op.32'3
Sæverud: Ballad of Revolt Op 22'5
Håvard Gimse (piano)

Lasse Thoresen: Hear Here! (World Premiere)
Håvard Gimse (piano)

Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor
Ensemble 360.

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.

Series of programmes featuring music performed in Leeds and Sheffield

Series of programmes featuring music performed at the Leeds International Chamber Season 2014/15 and Sheffield's Music in the Round

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