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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2015

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2015: Episode 1: Marc-Andre Hamelin, Carducci Quartet

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Episode 1: Marc-Andre Hamelin, Carducci Quartet

Cheltenham Festival 2015

Marc-Andre Hamelin, Carducci Quartet

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Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) in Mozart and Hamelin. Plus Carducci Quartet in Shostakovich.

Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) performs Mozart's Sonata in D, K576, and his own work, Pavane Variee. Plus the Carducci Quartet playing Shostakovich's String Quartet No 5.

This week's lunchtime concerts come from the Cheltenham Festival, performed by the Canadian virtuoso pianist Marc-André Hamelin, and the award winning Carducci Quartet. Today's programme features music by Mozart, Shostakovich, and a UK premiere by Marc-André Hamelin, performed in two historic settings - the Tithe Barn at Syde Manor and the Pittville Pump Room.

Mozart: Piano Sonata in D, K576
Marc-André Hamelin: Pavane Variée (UK premiere)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Shostakovich: String Quartet No 5 in B flat, Op 92
Carducci Quartet: Matthew Denton (violin), Michelle Fleming (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello)

Produced by Luke Whitlock.

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.

Concerts given at the 2015 Cheltenham Music Festival

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