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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 4

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Russia in the Round at the Sheffield Crucible studio

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Russia in the Round at the Sheffield Crucible studio, Episode 4

Ensemble 360 plays chamber music by Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Sarah Walker presents chamber music by Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov performed by Ensemble 360 at the Sheffield Crucible studio as part of the recent 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 Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky alongside a new work by composer Tom James, as performed by Sheffield's resident chamber music group Ensemble 360. 

Stravinsky: Soldier's Tale Suite
Ensemble 360

Stravinsky: Three pieces for clarinet
Matthew Hunt (clarinet)

Tom James: Barn Dance
Ensemble 360

Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet in B flat major for piano and winds
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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