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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2016: Stravinsky, Mendelssohn and Schwertsik from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival

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Stravinsky, Mendelssohn and Schwertsik from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival

Cheltenham Festival 2016

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Stravinsky, Mendelssohn and Schwertsik from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival.

Chamber music from 2016's Cheltenham Music Festival, today featuring works by Stravinsky and Mendelssohn, along with a premiere performance of music by Kurt Schwertsik.

Another chance to hear our week of Lunchtime Concerts from the Cheltenham Music Festival in 2016, performed by BBC New Generation Artists the Quatuor Van Kuijk and the Armida Quartet, along with the clarinettist Annelien van Wauwe, and the cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan. Today's concert features Stravinsky's Three Pieces for solo clarinet, the premiere of Eine Windrose für Mauricio for solo cello by Kurt Schwertsik, along with Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat major, all performed in the historic setting of the Pittville Pump Room. 

Igor Stravinsky
Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo
Annelien van Wauwe, clarinet

Kurt Schwertsik
Eine Windrose für Mauricio, Op 115 (premiere)
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello

Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major, Op 20
Quatuor Van Kuijk:
Nicholas van Kuijk, violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle, violin 
Grégoire Vecchioni, viola
François Robin, cello
Armida Quartet:
Martin Funda, violin
Johanna Staemmler, violin 
Teresa Schwamm, viola
Peter-Philipp Staemmler, cello

Produced by Luke Whitlock

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2016

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 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival.

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