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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: St Magnus Festival 2015

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: St Magnus Festival 2015: Episode 3: The Ciurlionis and Engegard Quartets

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Episode 3

Episode 3: The Ciurlionis and Engegard Quartets

St Magnus Festival 2015

The Ciurlionis and Engegard Quartets

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Ciurlionis and Engegard Quartets feature in music by Pakalnis, Thommessen and Mendelssohn.

With the Ciurlionis Quartet performing Juozas Pakalnis's Little Prelude and Engegard Quartet in Olav Anton Thommessen's Felix Remix. Both play Mendelssohn's Octet.

From the St Magnus Festival, the Ciurlionis and Engegard Quartets come together to perform Felix Mendelssohn's Octet in the St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.

In the first part of this lunchtime concert which is presented from Orkney by Jamie MacDougall each quartet plays music by composers from their own respective countries.

The Ciurlionis Quartet from Lithuania perform "Little Prelude" by Juozas Pakalnis, while Norway's Engegard Quartet chose the challenging "Felix Remix" by Olav Anton Thommessen.

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 featuring performances given at the 2015 St Magnus Festival in Orkney

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