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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2017

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

Music: Classical

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Episode 3: Cheltenham Festival (Week 1) 3/4

Cheltenham Festival 2017

Cheltenham Festival (Week 1) 3/4

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

Songs by Brahms and Spohr, solo viola fireworks and Brahms's Second String Quintet.

Fiona Talkington introduces songs by Brahms and Spohr, solo viola fireworks and Brahms's Second String Quintet, played by members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.

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

Today, more songs for soprano and piano - with guest appearances from the clarinet - by Brahms and Spohr, performed by Fatma Said and Simon Lepper. Norwegian violist Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad then takes the stage for a series of fireworks for solo viola by Vieuxtemps, Paganini and Ysaÿe, before joining the Van Kuijk Quartet for a performance of Brahms's late Second String Quintet.

Brahms: Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op 105 No 1; Trennung, Op 97 No 6 
Spohr: Zwiegesang, Op 103 No 2; Wiegenlied in drei Tönen, Op 103 No 4
Fatma Said, soprano
Annelien Van Wauwen, clarinet
Simon Lepper, piano

Vieuxtemps: Capriccio in C minor 'Hommage à Paganini' 
Paganini: Caprice, Op 1 No 14
Ysaÿe: Sonata No 3
Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad, viola

Brahms: String Quintet No 2, Op 111
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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