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Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Music Festival 2015

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Music Festival 2015: Episode 2

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Cheltenham Music Festival 2015

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Music by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Nielsen, featuring the Danish String Quartet.

The Danish String Quartet plays Mendelssohn's Capriccio in E minor, Nielsen's Quartet No 2 and Danish folk music. Plus Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) in Schumann's Arabeske in C, Op 18.

This week's lunchtime concert comes from the Cheltenham Music Festival, performed by BBC New Generation Artists the Danish String Quartet, and the pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. Today's concert features music for solo piano by Schumann, his Arabeske in C major, and continues with music for string quartet by Mendelssohn, Nielsen, and also a selection of Danish folk music, all performed in the historic setting of the Pittville Pump Room.

Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor, Op 81 no 3
Danish String Quartet: Rune Tomsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Norgaard (viola), and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello)

Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op 18
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

Nielsen: Quartet No 2 in F minor, Op 5
Selection of Danish folk music arrangements
Danish String Quartet: Rune Tomsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Norgaard (viola), and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello)

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Series of performances given at the 2015 Cheltenham Music Festival

Music from the 2015 Cheltenham Music Festival, featuring performances given in the Pittville Pump Room

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