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: Shakespeare Day

Shakespeare Day

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Shakespeare Day

Sarah Walker presents chamber music by Beethoven and Brahms, inspired by Shakespeare.

The Mithras Piano Trio, the Aris Quartet and Louis Lortie perform chamber music by Beethoven and Brahms, inspired by Shakespeare. Presented by Sarah Walker.

Sarah Walker presents Shakespeare-inspired chamber music including Beethoven's 'Ghost' Trio with its eerie second movement reminiscent of Banquo's ghost in Macbeth, his Tempest Sonata, and Brahms's 5 Orphelia-Lieder.

BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio No.5 in D major, Op.70 No.1 ‘Ghost’
Mithras Piano Trio

BRAHMS
5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO.22
Christiane Karg (soprano)
Aris Quartet

BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 ‘Tempest’
Louis Lortie (piano)

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