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ѿý New Generation Artists celebration

A special programme celebrating 25 years of the ѿý New Generation Artists scheme with live performances at the ѿý's Maida Vale studios

Georgia Mann live from Maida Vale with the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises, featuring live performances from ѿý New Generation Artists past and present to celebrate 25 years of the scheme.

Founded in 1999, the ѿý New Generation Artists scheme supports some of the world’s most exciting young instrumentalists, ensembles and singers at the start of their international careers, through performance and broadcast opportunities on Radio 3. Now numbering well over 150, the list of alumni features many of the biggest names in classical music and jazz, including Paul Lewis (piano), Alina Ibragimova (violin), the Ebene and Pavel Haas Quartets, Misha Mullov-Abbado (jazz bass), Alison Balsom (trumpet), Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Anastasia Kobekina (cello) and many more.

In this special day of programming Radio 3 celebrates 25 years of superlative music-making with live and specially recorded performances from NGAs former and current.

c1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today

c1030 Song of the Day – tenor Alessandro Fisher live in the studio

c1115 Playlist reveal – pianist Fergus McCreadie will perform live a sequence of music suggested by you in response to today's Playlist starter

c1145 Slow Moment – guitarist Thibaud Garcia performs live music for a moment of reflection

Plus live performances from flautist Elizaveta Ivanova and accordion player Ryan Corbett

To listen on most smart speakers say "Ask ѿý Sounds to play Essential Classics”

3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No.2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Poltéra. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester.
    • Haydn & Hindemith: Cello Works.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Classical Chillout.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in E major BWV.1035 (1st & 2nd mvts)

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Ryan Corbett.
    • Live performance.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    C'était en juin

    Singer: Johanna Wallroth. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • ѿý New Generation Artists recording.
  • Bill Evans

    It might as well be spring

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie.
    • Live performance.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concert Champetre

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • ѿý recording.
  • Samuel Barber

    String Quartet in B minor Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.
    • Barber & Ives: String Quartets.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Kegelstatt Trio.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Ryan Corbett.
    • Live performance.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Mystery (Rosary) Sonata (Passacaglia) In G minor 'The Guardian Angel'

    Performer: Geneva Lewis.
    • ѿý New Generation Artists recording.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • DECCA.
  • Paolo Tosti

    A Vucchella [The Little Mouth]

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Ryan Corbett.
    • Live performance.
  • Enrico Cannio

    O Surdato ‘Nnammurato [The soldier in Love]

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Ryan Corbett.
    • Live performance.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe, violin & strings in C minor BWV.1060 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Medley/Improvisation: Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral'; Oh What a Beautiful Morning; On the Sunny Side of the Street

    Composer: Richard Rodgers. Composer: Jimmy McHugh. Performer: Fergus McCreadie.
    • Live performance.
  • Trad.

    Five sheep, four goats

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Performer: Mads la Cour. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • dacapo.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Flute Concertino Op.107

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Dominic Degavino.
    • Live performance.
  • Georges Bizet

    Habenera (Carmen)

    Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
    • ѿý recording.
  • Miguel Llobet Solés

    El Noy de la Mare (Canciones populares Catalanas)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Live performance.
  • Marin Marais

    Les Voix Humaines (Suite - book 2 no. 3 in D major)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Live performance.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Oboe Concerto in B flat major Op.7 no.3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Mauro Giuliani

    Alle mie tante lagrime (6 Cavatine Op.39)

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Live performance.
  • Mauro Giuliani

    Ch’io sent’ amor per femine (6 Cavatine Op.39)

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Live performance.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor Op.23 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Antonio Pappano & Friends.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 67.
  • Ernest Chausson

    La Nuit (2 Duos Op.11)

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Katharina Konradi. Singer: Catriona Morison.
    • ѿý New Generation Artists recording.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in D flat major Op.37

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Dominic Degavino.
    • Live performance.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett. Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
    • ѿý recording.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Papillon Op.77

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • Hyperion.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Pastorcito Santo (3 Villancicos)

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Live performance.

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