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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2023 (1/4)

Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2023 (1/4)

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2023 (1/4)

Performances of music including works by Beethoven, Haydn, Field and Vaughan Williams.

Music including works by Beethoven, Haydn, Field and Vaughan Williams, performed at the 2023 Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music.

John Toal presents the first in our series of recitals from this year's Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music, performed in the Great Hall at Queen's University, Belfast. In this opening recital, Belfast-born pianist Michael McHale performs Beethoven's Sonata in C minor op.13 his “Pathetique”, followed by a performance from the London-based Marmen Quartet with Haydn's String Quartet in C Major, the 2nd of his opus 50 set. To finish a collection of songs from composers Vaughan Williams, Ina Boyle, Armstrong Gibbs and Elizabeth Maconchy performed by mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones with pianist Rebecca Cohen.

Beethoven - Sonata in C minor op.13 “Pathetique” 
Michael McHale, piano

Haydn - String Quartet in C Major Op 50/2
Marmen Quartet

John Field - Nocturne No.5 in B flat major 
Michael McHale, piano

Vaughan Williams - The Water Mill
I Boyle - The Mill Water 
Armstrong Gibbs - Five Eyes 
E Maconchy - The Cloths of Heaven
Claire Barnett Jones, mezzo-soprano | Rebecca Cohen, piano

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