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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Leicester International Music Festival 2016

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Leicester International Music Festival 2016: Episode 1

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Episode 1

Leicester International Music Festival 2016

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Leicester International Music Festival 2016, Episode 1

Elgar, Oliver Knussen, Holst and Finzi from 2016's Leicester International Music Festival.

Tom Redmond introduces highlights from the 2016 Leicester International Music Festival, including chamber music by Elgar, Knussen, Howells, Holst and Finzi.

Tom Redmond introduces highlights from this year's Leicester International Music Festival, including chamber music by Elgar, Oliver Knussen, Holst and Finzi.

Elgar - Andante & Allegro for oboe & string trio
Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Giovanni Guzzi (violin) / Philip Dukes (viola) / Guy Johnston (cello)

Elgar - La Capricieuse
Marina Chiche (violin) / Charles Owen (piano)

Knussen - Elegiac Arabesques
Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Chen Halevi (piano)

Howells - Rhapsodic Quintet for clarinet & strings, Op.31
Chen Halevi (clarinet) / Carducci String Quartet 

Holst - Mars [The Planets Suite]
Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva (piano duet)

Finzi - Interlude for oboe & string quartet
Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Marina Chiche & Giovanni Guzzo (violins) / Philip Dukes (viola) / Guy Johnston (cello).

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Tom Redmond introduces highlights from the 2016 Leicester International Music Festival

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