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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend 2017

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend 2017: Episode 3: Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at Cedars Hall, Wells - Towards the Revolution

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Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at Cedars Hall, Wells - Towards the Revolution

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Episode 3: Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at Cedars Hall, Wells - Towards the Revolution

Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend 2017

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Alexander Melnikov curates a third concert reflecting the build-up to Revolution in 1917.

Scriabin's formidable 'Black Mass' sonata is paired with Rachmaninov's deeply felt piano and cello sonata in G minor as part of Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at Cedars Hall.

This week's Lunchtime Concerts were recorded at Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at Cedars Hall at Wells Cathedral School in September 2017, where Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov curated a weekend of short concerts to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution. Today, Scriabin's formidable 'Black Mass' sonata is paired with Rachmaninov's deeply felt piano and cello Sonata in G minor.

Rachmaninov: Sonata in G minor for piano and cello, Op. 19 
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.9, Op. 68, 'Black Mass'
Glazunov: Chant du ménestrel, Op.71 

Andrei Ioniţă (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)

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Alexander Melnikov curates a weekend of concerts on the Russian Revolution centenary

Recorded at Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at Cedars Hall in September 2017, Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov curates a weekend of short concerts to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution

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