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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Wigmore Hall: Alec Frank-Gemmill and Alasdair Beatson

Wigmore Hall Mondays: Alec Frank-Gemmill and Alasdair Beatson

Wigmore Hall: Alec Frank-Gemmill and Alasdair Beatson

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Wigmore Hall: Alec Frank-Gemmill and Alasdair Beatson

Alec Frank-Gemmill and Alasdair Beatson play Beethoven, Casken and Schumann.

From Wigmore Hall, London, horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill and pianist Alasdair Beatson play Beethoven, John Casken and Schumann.

Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn and Alasdair Beatson, piano, play Beethoven, John Casken and Schumann

Presented by Sara Mohr Pietsch 
Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London in February 2016
 
James MacMillan: Motet V from 'Since it was the day of Preparation'
Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F major Op. 17
John Casken: Serpents of Wisdom (world première)
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op. 70
 
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Alasdair Beatson, piano
 
Alec Frank-Gemmill was a member of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme at the time of this concert. His lunchtime recital programme sets two totemic pieces from the classical horn repertoire alongside James MacMillan's Motet V and the world première of Serpents of Wisdom, a work written for him by John Casken.

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