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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Radio Big Chamber Weekend - Leeds College of Music

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Radio Big Chamber Weekend - Leeds College of Music: Episode 2: Mark Simpson

Music: Classical

Sean Shibe, Mark Simpson, Trish Clowes

Episode 2

Episode 2: Mark Simpson

Radio Big Chamber Weekend - Leeds College of Music

Mark Simpson

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Radio Big Chamber Weekend - Leeds College of Music, Mark Simpson

Julian Anderson (clarinet) in music by James MacMillan, Naomi Pinnock, Schumann and Brahms

From the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend, Julian Anderson (clarinet) and Richard Uttley (piano) performing music by James MacMillan, Julian Anderson, Naomi Pinnock, Schumann and Brahms.

Sarah Walker presents the second of four programmes recorded at Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at the Leeds College of Music. 

The New Generation Artists scheme was founded in 1999 to nurture and support some of the world's best young musicians at the start of their international careers; this week there's a chance to hear four current or former New Generation Artists, including works commissioned jointly by BBC Radio 3 and the Royal Philharmonic Society.

Today, British clarinetist Mark Simpson performs a work written for him by Naomi Pinnock.

James MacMillan - After the tryst
Mark Simpson (clarinet) / Richard Uttley (piano) 

Julian Anderson - Bearded Lady
Mark Simpson (clarinet) / Richard Uttley (piano) 

Naomi Pinnock - Lines and Spaces 
Richard Uttley (piano) 

Schumann - Fantasy Pieces Op. 73 
Mark Simpson (clarinet) / Richard Uttley (piano) 

Brahms - Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat Op. 120 No.2 
Mark Simpson (clarinet) / Richard Uttley (piano).

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Programmes recorded at Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at the Leeds College of Music

Sarah Walker presents a series of programmes recorded at Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at the Leeds College of Music

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