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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: Ludlow English Song Weekend: 16/05/2019

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16/05/2019

Ludlow English Song Weekend

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Ludlow English Song Weekend, 16/05/2019

A concert from the Ludlow English Song Weekend featuring music by Britten and Tippett.

A week of Lunchtime Concerts from the 2019 Ludlow English Song Weekend. Today, the singers are joined by guitarist Sean Shibe in music by Britten, Tippett and Nicholas Maw.

This week's Lunchtime Concerts come from the 2019 Ludlow English Song Weekend, recorded at St Laurence's Church in Ludlow. Artistic director Iain Burnside is joined by singers from the Harewood Young Artists Scheme run by English National Opera: Rowan Pierce, Soraya Mafi, Elgan Llyr Thomas, William Morgan, David Webb and Alex Otterburn and guitarist Sean Shibe.

Today's concert features soprano Soraya Mafi and tenors William Morgan and Elgan Llyr-Thomas with guitarist Sean Shibe in music by Britten, Tippett and Nicholas Maw.

Britten – Songs from the Chinese 
William Morgan (tenor) / Sean Shibe (guitar)

Tippett – Songs for Achilles
Elgan Llyr-Thomas (tenor) / Sean Shibe (guitar)

Nicholas Maw – Six Interiors (selection)
Soraya Mafi (soprano) / Sean Shibe (guitar)

Britten – Folksongs (selection)
Soraya Mafi (soprano) / William Morgan & Elgan Llyr-Thomas (tenors) / Sean Shibe (guitar)

Presented by Ian Skelly

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Ludlow English Song Weekend

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.

Music from Ludlow English Song Weekend, with artistic director Iain Burnside at the piano.

This week's Lunchtime Concerts come from the 2019 Ludlow English Song Weekend, recorded at St Laurence's Church in Ludlow. Artistic director Iain Burnside is at the piano.

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