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Presented by Katie Derham. With soprano Ruby Hughes in Britten folk songs, baritone Roderick Williams in music by Ireland and the Heath Quartet in Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No 3.

This week's Lunchtime Concerts come from the 2012 Mananan Festival and Manchester Pride Fringe. The concerts were recorded at the Erin Arts Centre in Port Erin on the Isle of Man, and at the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall in Manchester. Today you can hear soprano Ruby Hughes singing a selection Britten's folksong arrangements, The Heath Quartet playing Tchaikovsky's 3rd string quartet, and three songs by John Ireland performed by baritone Roderick Williams' with pianist Susie Allan.

Ireland Great Things
Ireland Summer Schemes
Ireland Weathers
Roderick Williams (baritone) / Susie Allan (piano)

Britten Ca' the Yowes
Britten Sweet Polly Oliver
Britten Come you not from Newcastle
Britten The last rose of summer
Britten Oliver Cromwell
Ruby Hughes (soprano) with Julius Drake (piano)

Tchaikovsky String Quartet No.3 in E flat minor.

58 minutes

Last on

Fri 16 Nov 2012 13:00

Music Played

  • John Ireland

    Great Things

  • John Ireland

    Summer Schemes

  • John Ireland

    Weathers

  • Benjamin Britten

    Ca' the Yowes

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sweet Polly Oliver

  • Benjamin Britten

    Come You Not From Newcastle

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Last Rose of Summer

  • Benjamin Britten

    Oliver Cromwell

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Nov 2012 13:00