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John Toal presents the third in our series of Lunchtime Concerts from this year's West Cork Chamber Music Festival, recorded in Bantry, West Cork.

Today's recital opens with a performance of Haydn's Quartet in A major, the sixth quartet from his Opus 20 set, marking the 250th anniversary of the String Quartet being marked by this year's festival. Following this, cellist Ella van Poucke and pianist Nathalia Milstein with Jan谩膷ek's 笔辞丑谩诲办补, which roughly translates as 'fairy tale' and is based on the poetry of the Russian author Vasily Zhukovsky in a work called 'The Tale of Tsar Berendyey'.

To finish, the Orsino Ensemble with the 2nd Quintet by the French composer Jean Fran莽aix originally premiered in Berlin in 1992.

Haydn: Quartet in A major Op.20/6
Signum Quartet

Jan谩膷ek: 笔辞丑谩诲办补
Ella van Poucke (cello), Nathalia Milstein (piano)

Fran莽aix: Quintet No. 2
Orsino Ensemble