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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: Cheltenham Festival 2017

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2017: Episode 2: Cheltenham Festival (Week 1) 2/4

Music: Classical

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Episode 2: Cheltenham Festival (Week 1) 2/4

Cheltenham Festival 2017

Cheltenham Festival (Week 1) 2/4

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Cheltenham Festival 2017, Cheltenham Festival (Week 1) 2/4

Fiona Talkington introduces works by Schubert, Debussy and Faure.

Fiona Talkington introduces works for clarinet, soprano and piano by Schubert, Debussy and Faure, plus Mozart's String Quintet in G minor.

Fiona Talkington introduces highlights from this year's Cheltenham Music Festival - performed by members of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme.

Today, soprano Fatma Said and pianist Simon Lepper are joined by clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe for a performances of Schubert's dramatic song "The Shepherd On The Rock", as well as French Romantic songs by Fauré and Debussy. The concert ends with Norwegian violist Eivind Holstmark Ringstad joining the Van Kuijk Quartet for Mozart's String Quintet in G minor, K516.

Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965
Fauré: Chanson d'amour
Debussy: Le Son du cor s'afflige 
Debussy: Pierrot
Fatma Said, soprano
Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet
Simon Lepper, piano

Mozart: String Quintet No 3 in G minor, K516
Van Kuijk Quartet, Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola).

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Fiona Talkington introduces highlights from the 2017 Cheltenham Music Festival

Fiona Talkington introduces highlights from the 2017 Cheltenham Music Festival, performed by members of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme

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