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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Big Chamber Weekend: Chamber music favourites from the USA

Chamber-music favourites from the USA

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Big Chamber Weekend

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Mark Simpson and friends perform Gershwin, Bernstein, Antheil, Copland and Simpson.

Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend from Saffron Hall in Essex presents Mark Simpson and friends, today performing Gershwin, Bernstein, Antheil, Copland and Simpson.

In the last concert recorded at Saffron Hall for the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend, composer and virtuoso clarinettist Mark Simpson brings his friends together in a programme of American repertoire, including the world-premiere of his own American-inspired work for current Radio 3 New Generation Artist trumpeter, Simon Höfele.

Mark Simpson is a former BBC Young Musician of the Year and Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

Presented by Tom McKinney.

GERSHWIN		
Preludes 					
Simon Höfele (trumpet)
Richard Uttley (piano)

SIMPSON		
Three pieces for trumpet and piano				
Simon Höfele (trumpet)
Richard Uttley (piano)
Co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3, the Royal Philharmonic Society and Saffron Hall, Essex

BERNSTEIN		
Clarinet Sonata					
Mark Simpson (clarinet)
Richard Uttley (piano)

ANTHEIL 		
Trumpet Sonata				
Simon Höfele (trumpet)
Richard Uttley (piano)

COPLAND		
Sextet						
Mark Simpson (clarinet)
Navarra String Quartet
Richard Uttley (piano)


Elizabeth Arno (producer)

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Big Chamber 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.

Tom McKinney presents the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend recorded at Saffron Hall in Essex

Tom McKinney presents the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend recorded at Saffron Hall in Essex.

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