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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: Cheltenham Festival 2015

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2015: Episode 4: Mahan Esfahani, Carducci Quartet

Music: Classical

Episode 4

Episode 4: Mahan Esfahani, Carducci Quartet

Cheltenham Festival 2015

Mahan Esfahani, Carducci Quartet

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Featuring works by Couperin, WF Bach, Marc-Andre Hamelin and Shostakovich.

With Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performing Couperin and WF Bach, Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) performing his own work and the Carducci Quartet in Shostakovich.

This week's lunchtime concerts come from the Cheltenham Festival, performed by the former BBC New Generation Artist and baroque keyboard player Mahan Esfahani, the award winning Carducci Quartet, along with the pianist Marc-André Hamelin. Today's concert features music by Couperin, WF Bach, Hamelin and Shostakovich, and was performed in two historic settings - the Tithe Barn at Syde Manor, and the Pittville Pump Room.
Couperin: 3 Pieces in G minor
WF Bach: Sonata in E flat
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Hamelin: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (UK premiere)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Shostakovich: String Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110
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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