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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Music: Classical: Chamber & Recital

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: Quebec Summer Festivals 2022 (3/4)

Quebec Summer Festivals 2022 (3/4)

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Quebec Summer Festivals 2022 (3/4)

Glazunov's String Quintet and Marc-André Hamelin's Suite à l'ancienne performed in Canada.

Sarah Walker presents performances from some of Canada's music festivals, including Glazunov's String Quintet and Marc-André Hamelin's Suite à l’ancienne.

Sarah Walker presents more highlights from some of Canada's music festivals, including Glazunov's seldom-heard String Quintet in a performance featuring the 26-year-old Canadian violinist Kerson Leong and friends. Also today, featured artist, Marc-André Hamelin plays his own Suite à l’ancienne, a homage to the music of the Baroque. 

Szymanowski: Nocturne and tarantella, Op 28
Timothy Chooi, violin
Serhiy Salov (piano)


Glazunov: String Quintet in A, Op 39
Kerson Leong (violin)
David Gillham (violin)
Marina Thibeault (viola)
Marc Coppey (cello)
Elizabeth Dolin (cello)

Marc-André Hamelin: Suite à l’ancienne
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

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