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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert - St Magnus Festival in Orkney - Episode 3

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Highlights from the 2008 St Magnus Festival in Orkney, recorded in the small church of St Magnus. Including one of Mozart's most remarkable chamber works, and a quartet by Britten which was written directly after his visit to the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Mozart: Horn Quintet, K407 Stravinsky: Three Pieces for string quartet Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op 36 The Nash Ensemble: Richard Watkins (horn) Marianne Thorsen, Malin Broman (violin) Lawrence Power (viola) Paul Watkins (cello).