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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2016

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2016: Episode 1

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Episode 1

Cheltenham Festival 2016

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Cheltenham Festival 2016, Episode 1

Music by Satie, Bartok and Christian Lindberg from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival.

With Pascal and Ami Roge (piano) in Satie: Parade. Christian Lindberg (trombone) in his own work Black Hawk Eagle, with Roland Pontinen (piano). Plus the Doric Quartet in Bartok.

This week's lunchtime concerts come from Cheltenham Music Festival, recorded in the elegant Regency setting of the Pittville Pump Room. In today's highlights, French specialists Pascal Rogé and Ami Rogé mark the 150th anniversary of Erik Satie with his colourful ballet for piano duet, Parade; Christian Lindberg gives the world premiere of his latest work for trombone; and the Doric String Quartet immerse themselves in one of their favourite works, Bartok's folk-influenced Fourth Quartet. 

Presented by Fiona Talkington. 

Erik Satie 
Parade 
Pascal Rogé and Ami Rogé, piano 4 hands

Christian Lindberg
Black Hawk Eagle 
Christian Lindberg, trombone 
Roland Pöntinen, piano 

Béla Bartok
String Quartet No 4
Doric String Quartet:
Alex Redington, violin
Jonathan Stone, violin
Hélène Clément, viola
John Myerscough, cello 

Producer Johannah Smith.

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Fiona Talkington presents programmes of music from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival

Fiona Talkington presents a series of programmes of music from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival, recorded in the elegant Regency setting of the Pittville Pump Room.

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