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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: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - New Generation Artists: Simon Hofele

Sarah Walker

Simon Hofele

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - New Generation Artists

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Trumpeter Simon Hofele and pianist Magdalena Mullerperth at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Radio 3 New Generation Artist trumpeter Simon Hofele and pianist Magdalena Mullerperth in the second of four recitals from the recently re-opened Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Sarah Walker presents the second of four recitals from the brand new concert hall at the recently reopened Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, featuring some of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists.

Today's programme features trumpeter Simon Hofele and pianist Magdalena Mullerperth in sonatas by Karl Pilss and Theodor Holdheim. Simon also plays a solo trumpet piece written for him by his close friend Kathrin Denner, and Magdalena performs Ravel's "Jeux d'eau" and two short pieces for piano solo by Hindemith.

Karl Pilss: Sonata for trumpet and piano
Ravel: Jeux d'eau, for solo piano
Kathrin Denner: Sonare II for solo trumpet
Hindemith: Marsch and Ragtime from Piano Suite (1922), Op 26
Theodor Holdheim: Sonata for trumpet and piano

Simon Höfele, trumpet
Magdalena Müllerperth, piano


One of the most exciting young trumpeters of his generation, Simon Höfele has already made his debut with some of the world's greatest orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw under conductor Semyon Bychkov.

He is the winner of the 2016 Reinhold Friedrich International Trumpet Competition in Lisbon, and also won the European Prize for Young Trumpet Players in Alençon, France, and First Prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - New Generation Artists

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.

Four recitals from Radio 3's New Generation Artists at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Four recitals from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, featuring some of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists

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