
31/12/2014
Violinist Elena Urioste, baritone Benjamin Appl and the Apollon Musagete Quartet feature in music by Debussy, Schumann, Dvorak and Mendelssohn.
Clemency Burton-Hill continues her two week series showcasing the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
As part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s commitment to developing and nurturing young talent, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 launched its New Generation Artists scheme in the autumn of 1999. Now well into its second decade, the scheme has acquired the reputation of being a world leader for young artists. Every autumn six to seven artists or groups who are beginning to make a mark on the international music scene are invited to join. Opportunities include concerts in London and around the UK, appearances and recordings with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Orchestras, special studio recordings for Radio 3, and, for some, appearances at the Proms.
Elena Urioste begins today's programme with a short arrangement of a song by Debussy by the virtuoso violinst Jascha Heifetz. Ben Appl performs Shumann's settings of Heine's texts of frustrated or lost love, Liederkreis Op. 24. And, the programme ends with a performance the Str--ing Quartet in No. 2 in A minor Op. 13, composed when Mendelssohn was still a teenager and in awe of his hero, Beethoven.
DEBUSSY arr. Heifetz: Beau soir
Elena Urioste (violin); Tom Poster (piano)
SCHUMANN: Liederkreis Op. 24
Benjamin Appl (baritone); Joesph Middleton (piano)
DVOARK: Four Romantic pieces Op.75
Elena Urioste (violin); Zhang Zuo (piano)
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in No. 2 in A minor
Apollon Musagete Quartet.