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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Music Festival 2015

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Music Festival 2015: Episode 4

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Episode 4

Cheltenham Music Festival 2015

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From Cheltenham, music by Vaughan Williams, Jonathan Dove, Florentine Mulsant and Dvorak.

Music by Vaughan Williams, Jonathan Dove, Florentine Mulsant and Dvorak, featuring Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), the Armida Quartet, Simon Lepper (piano) and Lise Berthaud (viola).

This week's lunchtime concert comes from the Pittville Pump Room during the Cheltenham Music Festival, given by BBC New Generation Artists the Armida Quartet, joined by the viola player Lise Berthaud, performing works by Florentine Mulsant and Dvorak. There is also vocal music by Vaughan Williams, and a premiere of three songs by Jonathan Dove, sung by the mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, accompanied by the pianist Simon Lepper.

Vaughan Williams: The Sky Above The Roof
Jonathan Dove: Nights Not Spent Alone (premiere)
Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano
Simon Lepper, piano

Florentine Mulsant: Vocalise for solo viola
Lise Berthaud, viola

Dvorak: String Quintet No 3 in E flat, Op 97
Armida Quartet: Martin Funda (violin), Johanna Staemmler (violin), Teresa Schwamm (violia), and Peter-Philipp Staemmler (cello), and joined by Lise Berthaud (viola)

Produced by Johannah Smith.

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 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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