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10th anniversary season of Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts live from Wigmore Hall


Monday 15 September 2008 to 13 July 2009

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In its 10th Anniversary year, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert presents a stellar line-up for 2008/09.

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Some of the world's most celebrated singers and instrumentalists, including pianist Angela Hewitt, soprano Kate Royal, baritone Sir Thomas Allen, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, clarinettist Michael Collins and the Emerson String Quartet appear alongside new and emerging talent and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 New Generation Artists.

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The American Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio open the series with an all-Beethoven programme (15 September), followed by a piano recital from the pre-eminent Angela Hewitt, who celebrates her 50th birthday in 2008 (22ÌýSeptember), and soprano Kate Royal takes to the stage with a French programme of songs by Ravel, Fauré, and Cateloube (29 September).

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The series offers some innovative programming, including improvisations on the electric cello from Matthew Barley (6ÌýApril) and the Calefax Wind Ensemble (22 June) who make their Wigmore Hall debut with a special arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations.

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Contralto Anna Larsson also makes her Wigmore Hall debut, accompanied by one of the greatest pianists of our age, Stephen Kovacevich (24 November).

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Many new artists are welcomed to the series including rising stars the Capuçon Brothers (violin and cello) with Antoine Tamestit (viola) and Nicholas Angelich (piano – who returns to play a solo recital later in the series), and distinguished pianists Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Boris Giltburg.

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Every concert is broadcast live on Radio 3, Mondays at 1pm.

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A season brochure is available, and you can download a PDF version at bbc.co.uk/radio3.

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Notes to Editors

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The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts were established at Wigmore Hall in 1998 by Adam Gatehouse (Radio 3 Editor, Live Music). The series celebrates its 10th Anniversary this season, and over these 10 years the artist roll call is impressive: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sang in the first season. Alfredo Perl, Céclile Ousset, Barbara Bonney and Emmanuel Ax all featured in early seasons. Others made their Wigmore debuts, including Dorothea Röschmann and Joyce DiDonato. In 1999 Radio 3 launched the New Generation Artists scheme, and the calibre of the young artists was such that they were soon integrated into the lunchtime programme.

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The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme offers young artists and groups unique opportunities to develop their considerable talents. The Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts are a key platform for these stars of the future. New Generation Artists appearing at Wigmore Hall this season are violist Maxim Rysanov, soprano Elizabeth Watts, tenor Allan Clayton, mezzo-soprano Daniela Lehner, the Pavel Haas Quartet and pianists Ingrid Fliter and Shai Wosner.

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Every concert is broadcast live on Radio 3, Mondays at 1.00pm. A season brochure is available, and you can download a PDF version on bbc.co.uk/radio3.

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2008-09 Season at a glance

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15 September: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

22 September: Angela Hewitt, piano

29 September: Kate Royal, soprano

06 October: John Harle, saxophone

13 October: Véronique Gens, soprano

20 October: Petra Lang, mezzo-soprano

27 October: Capuçon Brothers

03 November: Maxim Rysanov, viola

10 November: Jerusalem Quartet

17 November: Emerson String Quartet

24 November: Anna Larsson, contralto

01 December: Lawrence Power, viola

08 December: Trio Jean Paul

15 December: Christopher Maltman, baritone

05 January: Elizabeth Watts, soprano

12 January: Allan Clayton, tenor

19 January: Sir Thomas Allen, baritone

26 January: Nicholas Angelich, piano

02 February: Andreas Staier, fortepiano

09 February: Trio Wanderer

16 February: Alina Ibragimova, violin

23 February: Paval Haas Quartet

02 March: Shai Wosner, piano

09 March: James Ehnes, violin

16 March: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

23 March: Skampa Quartet

30 March: Tokyo String Quartet

06 April: Matthew Barley, cello

13 April: Michael Collins, clarinet

20 April: Daniela Lehner, mezzo-soprano

27 April: Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

04 May: Takács Quartet

11 May: Sophie Koch, mezzo-soprano

18 May: Anne Schwanewilms, soprano

25 May: Ingrid Fliter, piano

01 June: Jonathan Gilad, piano

08 June: Boris Giltburg, piano

15 June: Steven Isserlis, cello

22 June: Calefax Wind Ensemble

29 June: Ysaÿe Quartet

06 July: Leonidas Kavakos, violin

13 July: Quatuor Ebène.

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