Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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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: Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott

Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott

From Wigmore Hall, cello sonatas by Chopin and Prokofiev.

From Wigmore Hall, Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott perform cello sonatas by Chopin and Prokofiev.

Swiss cellist and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Christian Poltéra is joined by leading duo pianist Kathryn Stott in cello sonatas by Prokofiev (written for Mstislav Rostopovich, who gave the premiere in 1950) and Chopin, one of only nine works he wrote for instruments other than piano.

From Wigmore Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley

Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C, Op 119
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65

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