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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: Russia in the Round at the Sheffield Crucible studio

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Russia in the Round at the Sheffield Crucible studio: Episode 1

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Russia in the Round at the Sheffield Crucible studio

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Russia in the Round at the Sheffield Crucible studio, Episode 1

Chamber music by Glinka, Saint-Saens and Prokofiev from the Sheffield Crucible studio.

Sarah Walker presents chamber music by Glinka, Saint-Saens and Prokofiev performed by Ensemble 360 at Sheffield's Crucible Studio as part of the Russia in the Round season.

This week's Lunchtime Concerts come from Sheffield's Crucible Studio as part of the recent "Russia In the Round" season. In today's programme, Sarah Walker presents works by Mikhail Glinka, Camille Saint-Saëns and Sergei Prokofiev performed by Sheffield's resident chamber music group Ensemble 360. 

Glinka: Grand Sextet in E flat
Saint-Saëns: Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs
Prokofiev: Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola & double bass
Ensemble 360.

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.

The Sheffield Crucible Studio's 2018 Russia in the Round season.

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