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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: St Magnus Festival 2015

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: St Magnus Festival 2015: Episode 4: Ciurlionis Quartet

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Ciurlionis Quartet

Episode 4

Episode 4: Ciurlionis Quartet

St Magnus Festival 2015

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With the Ciurlionis Quartet performing Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet.

Jamie MacDougall introduces the Ciurlionis Quartet playing Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet, plus a performance from Finnish harmonica ensemble Svang.

The final St Magnus Festival concert for this week features Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet performed by Lithuania's Ciurlionis Quartet in the grand drawing room of Balfour Castle on the island of Shapinsay in Orkney.

The programme concludes with a high energy and entertaining performance from the Finnish harmonica ensemble Svang from the Fusion night club in Kirkwall.

The programme is presented from Orkney by Jamie MacDougall.

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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