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    Radio 3 at Cheltenham Festival
    4 - 19 July

    The Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham

    With 70 events over 16 days the Cheltenham Festival hasn't lost the shock of the new despite dropping 'contemporary' from its title. World premieres feature alongside traditional fare.

      Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts at 1pm

      Marc-Andre Hamelin
      Tuesday 15 July

      Marc-André Hamelin - piano

      Music by Haydn,Weissenberg and Schubert

      Concert:       10 July, Pittville Pump Room

        Craig Ogden
        Wednesday 16 July

        Craig Ogden - guitar

        Music by Bach,Tippett, Mark-Anthony Turnage (world premiere)and Piazzolla

        Concert:         12 July, Pittville Pump Room

          Pittville Pump Room
          Thursday 17 July

          Calefax

          Anon:           13th- to 16th-century Spanish Dances;

          Music by Jose Maria Sanchez-Verdu, Boccherini, Granados and Ravel

          Concert:           14 July, Pittville Pump Room

            Dante Quartet
            Friday 18 July

            Dante Quartet
            Noam Greenberg             - piano

            Music by Bridge, Cheryl Frances-Hoad (world premiere), Vaughan Williams and Elgar

            Concert:             16 July, Pittville Pump Room

              Ingrid Fliter
              Tuesday 22 July

              Ingrid Fliter - piano

              Music by Schubert and Chopin

              Concert:               7 July, Pittville Pump Room

                Shai Wosner
                Wednesday 23 July

                Danjulo Ishizaka - cello
                Shai Wosner - piano

                Music by Bach, Grieg and Schubert

                Concert:                 14 July, Pittville Pump Room

                  Dante Quartet
                  Thursday 24 July

                  Pavel Haas Quartet
                  Danjulo Ishizaka                   - cello

                  Music by Janacek, Prokofiev and Schubert

                  Concert:                   16 July, Pittville Pump Room

                    Allan Clayton
                    Friday 25 July

                    Allan Clayton - tenor
                    Paul Lewis - piano

                    Music by Schubert

                    Concert:                     17 July, Pittville Pump Room

                      Radio 3 Performance on 3 at 7pm

                      Cheltenham Town Hall
                      Monday 14 July

                      Manchester Camerata
                      Gordan Nikolitch                       - director

                      Music by Vaughan Williams, Rautavaara, Holst, Sibelius, Bartok and Veress

                      Concert:                       12 July, Town Hall

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