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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: BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (4/4)

BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 4/4

BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (4/4)

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The Consone Quartet play Mendelssohn and Schumann at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

The Consone Quartet play works by Mendelssohn and Schumann at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Another chance to hear Sarah Walker present a week of concerts from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire recorded in January 2020, featuring past and present members of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme to mark its 20th anniversary. Today the Consone Quartet play works by Mendelssohn and Schumann. Formed at the Royal College of Music in London, the Quartet aims to explore Classical and early Romantic repertoire on period instruments. They perform frequently at Early Music festivals across Europe.

Founded in 1999 with the aim of supporting and nurturing some of the world’s most exciting young musicians at the start of their international careers, the NGA scheme now boasts well over a hundred distinguished alumni, many of whom are major players on the world stage. Membership of the scheme is for a period of just over two years, during which time artists can expect to appear at some of the UK’s most prestigious venues and festivals, perform with the BBC orchestras, make studio recordings, and commission new work.

Mendelssohn: String Quartet in Eb Major 
Schumann: String Quartet No.2 in F major, Op.41

Consone Quartet

Image courtesy of Rebecca Need-Menear

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