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RAM in fundraising campaign
The Royal Academy of Music has launched a campaign to keep its famed 'Viotti' Stradivarius, which Giovanni Battista Viotti played in 1782. Last week, for the first time in 200 years, the violin was played before a public audience.
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Rachmaninov legal battle to go on
The High Court has refused to halt a legal battle over the ownership of an original Rachmaninov manuscript, due to be auctioned last December. The score for his Second Symphony was expected to fetch around half a million.
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Michael Tippett centenary
This week Radio 3 celebrates a hundred years since the birth of Tippett, with performances of his music at both lunchtime and in the evening.
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Broadcast Date:
Mon 7- 11 March
1pm; 7.30pm
Radio 3
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Caravaggio: The Final Years
An exhibiton of the artist's work recently opened at London's National Gallery. Listen again to Petroc Trelawny as he looks at the parallels between Caravaggio and the music of Carlo Gesualdo, and look at the picture gallery.
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Alan Rawsthorne: Symphonies 1 - 3, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor David Lloyd-Jones's approach is thoughtful and serious, but not over-dramatic, drawing control and detail from all sections.
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Beethoven, Piano Concertos 2 and 3: Martha Argerich
"It feels as though you're listening to a pianist who thinks more deeply about Beethoven's music than most, then you're presented an explosive outburst, minted in the moment."
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RPS Awards
Vote online for the performer you regard to be most worthy of the Radio 3 Listeners' Award as part of the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards.
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The King's Consort
The Baroque performing group returns to Manchester with a Holy Week performance of Bach's great Passion according to St Matthew, set for double choir and double orchestra.
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Event Date:
Friday March 18th
Bridgewater Hall
Manchester
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Jack Liebeck and Piers Lane
Piers Lane accompanies the young acclaimed violinist performing sonatas by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Richard Strauss, plus a world premiere of Lullaby by Patrick Hawes.
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Event Date:
Sunday 13th March, 5pm
Wigmore Hall
London
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