Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Penny Gore introduces the Dante Quartet in a programme of English chamber music performed at the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival. Winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society award for best chamber group in 2007, they premiere an RPS commission by young composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Pianist Noam Greenberg joins the group to perform a piano quintet by Elgar. Bridge: Three Idylls Cheryl Frances-Hoad: New Work (world premiere) Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Elgar: Piano Quintet.