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: Esther Yoo plays violin sonatas by Debussy and Grieg

Esther Yoo plays violin sonatas by Debussy and Grieg

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Esther Yoo plays violin sonatas by Debussy and Grieg

Live from Wigmore Hall: Esther Yoo (violin) and Jae Hong Park (piano) in Debussy and Grieg

Live from Wigmore Hall: brilliant young American violinst Esther Yoo is joined by pianist Jae Hong Park for Debussy's Violin Sonata and Grieg's popular Third Violin Sonata.

Live from Wigmore Hall: the violinst Esther Yoo is joined by the pianist Jae Hong Park for sonatas by Debussy and Grieg.
 
The youngest ever winner of the Sibelius International Violin Competition, the American violinist Esther Yoo was described by The Strad magazine as “the model of a violin soloist in the modern age.” A former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, she now enjoys solo engagements with some of the world's leading orchestras and conductors. But chamber music remains an important part of her artistic make-up. Esther Yoo is partnered at London's Wigmore Hall today by the South Korean pianist Jae Hong Park, winner of the 2021 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.   

Presented by Hannah French. 

Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45
Rachmaninov: Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14
Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique on 'Yankee Doodle' Op. 17

Esther Yoo (violin)
Jae Hong Park (piano)

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