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成人快手 New Generation Artists celebration plus music from Switzerland

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a celebration of the 成人快手 New Generation Artists scheme and music from Switzerland.

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by 成人快手 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. This week on Classical Live, we celebrate 25 years of the 成人快手 New Generation Artists scheme. Founded in 1999, the programme supports some of the world鈥檚 most exciting young instrumentalists, ensembles and singers at the start of their international careers, through performance and broadcast opportunities on Radio 3. Today, the Chaos String Quartet perform Schubert's Death And The Maiden quartet, violinist Geneva Lewis plays music by Korngold and Alina Ibragimova joins the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne for our centrepiece.

Plus, we will hear music from Switzerland. The Swiss Orchestra, conducted by Lena-Lisa W眉stend枚rfer, perform Paul Juon's Five Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 16 and Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Vocal Ensemble sing music by Telemann.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
'Much Ado About Nothing' Suite, Op. 11
Geneva Lewis (violin)
Llyr Williams (piano)

Franz Schubert
Quartet In D Minor, D.810 (Death and the Maiden)
Chaos String Quartet

Georg Philipp Telemann
Deus, judicium tuum, TWV 7:7, grand motet after Psalm 71
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Vocal Ensemble
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Instrumental Ensemble
J枚rg-Andreas B枚tticher (director)

Jules Mouquet
La fl没te de Pan Op.15
Elizaveta Ivanova (flute)
Sanja Bizjak (piano)

Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, S. 244
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)

Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)

Trad (arr. Hugh Cutting and Tara Viscardi)
The Lark in the Morning
Hugh Cutting (countertenor)
Tara Viscardi (harp)
Daniel Murphy (guitar)
Leo Appel (violin)

Paul Juon
Five Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 16
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa W眉stend枚rfer (conductor)

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2 hours, 58 minutes

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  • Thu 6 Mar 2025 13:00