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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: St Magnus International Festival

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: St Magnus International Festival: Episode 4

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Episode 4

St Magnus International Festival

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Final highlights from the St Magnus Festival on Orkney. Debussy, Francaix and Franck.

Final highlights from the 2018 St Magnus International Festival, with the Danish Sinfonietta, Red Note Ensemble and Ensemble Perpetuo performing Debussy, Francaix and Franck.

The final programme in an eclectic week of concert highlights from the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney. The Danish Sinfonietta, regular visitors to this Nordic Festival perform Francaix's jaunty wind quartet while the Ensemble Perpetuo join with pianist Tom Poster and violinist Elena Urioste for a festival performance of Franck's dark and passionate piano quintet. Flautist Ruth Morley opens the programme with an evocation of the Syrinx by Debussy and this Island week ends with David Riddell's innovative arrangements of Scottish folk music designed to send the Orcadian audience home with a spring in their step.

Debussy - Syrinx
Francaix - Wind Quartet
Franck - Piano Quartet
Trad arr Riddell - Red & Dashing

Danish Sinfonietta
David Riddell, conductor
Ruth Morley, flute
Tom Poster, piano
Elena Urioste, violin
Ensemble Perpetuo.

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.

Highlights from the 2018 St Magnus International Festival on Orkney.

Highlights from the 2018 St Magnus International Festival on Orkney, the UK's most northerly classical music festival.

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