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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Manchester Chamber Concerts Society 2016/17

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Manchester Chamber Concerts Society 2016/17: Episode 2

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Manchester Chamber Concerts Society 2/4

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Manchester Chamber Concerts Society 2016/17

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Music by Couperin, Duphy, Hue and Turnage from the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society.

In a concert from Manchester, Adam Walker, Mahan Esfahani, Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford Phillips feature in music by Couperin, Duphly, Hue and Turnage. Hannah French presents.

This week's Lunchtime Concerts were recorded at the Royal Northern College of Music as part of the 80th year of the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society, curated by pianist Martin Roscoe. Today, flautist Adam Walker and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani perform Baroque music by Francois Couperin and Jacques Duphly, and viola player Lawrence Power and pianist Simon Crawford Phillips perform Mark-Anthony Turnage's "Power Play" and a theme and variations by the 19th-century French composer Georges Hüe, who was a pupil of Gounod and Franck.

Georges Hüe: Thème varié 
Lawrence Power (viola) / Simon Crawford Phillips (piano)

Duphly: La Forqueray (Chaconne)
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Couperin: Concert Royal IV (1722)
Adam Walker (flute) / Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Power Play 
Lawrence Power (viola) / Simon Crawford Phillips (piano)

Presented by Hannah French.

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.

Hannah French presents music performed at the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society 2016/17.

Hannah French presents music performed at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester as part of the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society 2016/17, curated by Martin Roscoe

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