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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Machynlleth and Gower Festivals 2016

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Machynlleth and Gower Festivals 2016: Episode 4: Navarra Quartet

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Episode 4: Navarra Quartet

Machynlleth and Gower Festivals 2016

Navarra Quartet

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The Navarra Quartet performs Beethoven's Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131, in Machynlleth.

The Navarra Quartet in a performance of Beethoven's Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131, given at Machynlleth's Tabernacle.

This week's concerts are from two festivals held in the outstanding scenic surroundings of the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Today's highlights include a performance given in Machynlleth's Tabernacle by the Navarra Quartet of the quartet said to be Beethoven's own favourite, his C sharp minor, Op 131.
Introduced by Christopher Cook.

Beethoven: Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131 
Navarra Quartet:
Magnus Johnston, violin
Marije Johnston, violin
Simone van der Giessen, viola
Brian O'Kane, cello.

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Music from festivals in the Gower Peninsula and the mid-Wales market town of Machynlleth

Christopher Cook presents concerts given at festivals in 2016 in the Gower Peninsula and the mid-Wales market town of Machynlleth

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