RESIDENTS and visitors to Cowbridge have been enjoying the sight and, most particularly, sounds of the 2023 Cowbridge Music Festival this week.

Some of the concerts from the festival are being broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as part of their 1pm Lunchtime Concert Series 'Wales and West'.

This started on Tuesday, one on Wednesday, and there are two more coming up today (Thursday, 28 September) and they conclude tomorrow.

However, all the concerts can be listend to retrospectively via the BBC Sounds App.

Details of the concerts (and links) are:

Tuesday

Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op 22

Rosalind Ventris, viola; Llŷr Williams, piano

Brahms: Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op 120 No 1

Rosalind Ventris, viola; Llŷr Williams, piano

Haas: Wind Quintet, Op 10

Orsino Ensemble

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qmx5

Wednesday

Dvořák (arr. Kay): Romance, Op 11

Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin; Orsino Ensemble

Reicha: Andante for Cor Anglais and Wind Quartet in Eb

Orsino Ensemble

Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15

Trio Gaspard

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qn0j

Thursday

Brahms: Sonata No 2 in E flat major, Op 120 No 2

Rosalind Ventris, viola; Llŷr Williams, piano

Kodály: Adagio

Rosalind Ventris, viola; Llŷr Williams, piano

Beethoven (arr. Rechtman): Quintet in E flat major, Op 71

Orsino Ensemble

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qmxp

Friday

Dvořák: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor, Op 90 (Dumky)

Trio Gaspard

Janáček: Mládi

Orsino Ensemble

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qn0y