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1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Beethoven Plus: 2/8. The Belcea Quartet play works by Beethoven and Bartok. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Composer David Matthews talks about his work.

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Beethoven Plus

A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok.

2/8. Former 大象传媒 Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Belcea Quartet present works by Beethoven and one of the 20th century masters of the chamber music genre, B茅la Bart贸k.

Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op 95 (Serioso)
Bart贸k: Quartet No 6 in D, Sz 114

2.00pm British Symphony Series

Composer David Matthews joins Fiona Talkington live in the studio to talk about his work and his musical enthusiasms: from Britten, who employed Matthews as his music assistant, to the late symphonic worlds of Sibelius and Mahler. Sibelius's Seventh Symphony was an influence on Matthews's Third, while David Matthews and his brother Colin both collaborated with Deryck Cooke on his 'performing version' of Mahler's final musical testament.

Sibelius: Symphony No 7
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

David Matthews: Symphony No 3
大象传媒 Philharmonic
En Shao (conductor)

Judith Bingham: Gleams of a remoter world
大象传媒 Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

David Matthews: String Trio No 1
Leopold String Trio

Mahler: Symphony No 10
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

4 hours

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Wed 19 Dec 2007 13:00

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  • Wed 19 Dec 2007 13:00