Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2023: Dunedin Consort, Mikhail Pletnev and Julia Bullock

Dunedin Consort, Mikhail Pletnev and Julia Bullock

Edinburgh International Festival 2023

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Edinburgh International Festival 2023, Dunedin Consort, Mikhail Pletnev and Julia Bullock

A taste of the final week in Edinburgh with music by JS Bach, Chopin and Nina Simone.

A taste of the final week of the Edinburgh Festival, featuring the Dunedin Consort, pianist Mikhail Pletnev and soprano Julia Bullock performing JS Bach, Chopin and Nina Simone.

Enjoy a taste of the final week at the Edinburgh International Festival with recitals from the Queen's Hall and Usher Hall.

The Dunedin Consort, with their director and harpsichordist, John Butt, perform Bach's fourth Orchestral Suite which opens with an imposing overture followed by a series of French dances, ending with the festive Réjouissance. We return to the Usher Hall for more from Mikhail Pletnev's all-Chopin recital with three Nocturnes written between 1830 to 1836 and we end our week of Lunchtime Concerts from the Edinburgh International Festival with American soprano, Julia Bullock and pianist Bretton Brown, reimagining the inspirational songs of Nina Simone.

Bach: Orchestral Suite No.4 in D BVW1069
Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E Flat Op 9 2 	
Chopin: Nocturne in F Op 15-1 	 
Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp Minor Op 27 1 	 
Simone/Irvine Jr/Bullock: Revolution
Simone/Siskind: Four Women
Taylor/Siskind & Bullock: I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Dunedin Consort
John Butt, director/harpsichord
Mikhail Pletnev, piano 
Julia Bullock, soprano
Bretton Brown, piano

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2023

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Concerts from the Queen's Hall series at the Edinburgh International Festival.

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