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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: The cello sings and dances

The cello sings and dances

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, The cello sings and dances

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, lyrical and lively music for cello and piano.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, Hungarian cellist István Várdai is joined by Korean pianist Sunwook Kim to perform music by de Falla, Schubert and Kodaly.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London.

A varied recital of music performed by Hungarian cellist István Várdai, who is enjoying a very busy career travelling around world's concert halls, picking up many prestigious awards along the way.  He is joined by Korean pianist Sunwook Kim, who came to public attention when he won the Leeds Piano Competition in 2006 at the age of 18.

The concert includes music by Várdai's compatriot Zoltán Kodály plus Schubert’s sonata (1824) written for a now obsolete instrument.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Manuel de Falla: 7 canciones populares españolas 
Franz Schubert	: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821
Zoltán Kodaly: Hungarian Rondo

István Várdai (cello)
Sunwook Kim (piano)

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