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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Leicester International Music Festival 2016

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

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Episode 3

Leicester International Music Festival 2016

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

From the Leicester Music Festival, Elgar's String Quartet and MacMillan's Kiss on Wood.

Tom Redmond introduces highlights from the 2016 Leicester International Music Festival, including Elgar's String Quartet in E minor and James MacMillan's Kiss on Wood.

Tom Redmond introduces highlights from this year's Leicester International Music Festival, today including Elgar's String Quartet in E minor, James MacMillan's Kiss on Wood and a new work for string quartet by Benjamin Ashby.

Elgar - Soliloquy for oboe & piano 
Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Katya Apekisheva (piano)

Benjamin Ashby - Beatitude 
Carducci String Quartet

James MacMillan - Kiss on Wood
Marina Chiche (violin) / Charles Owen (piano)

Elgar - String Quartet in E minor, Op.83
Carducci String Quartet.

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.

Tom Redmond introduces highlights from the 2016 Leicester International Music Festival

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