Mendelssohn's Variations sérieuses
Featuring music by Byrd, Mendelssohn, Wagner and Fleetwood Mac performed by brilliant young artists at concerts around the UK.
New Generation Artists: Hugh Cutting, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Elisabeth Brauss in music by Mendelssohn, Wagner, William Byrd and Fleetwood Mac.
BBC recordings from some of the brilliant young artists appearing this week at the London Jazz Festival, Oxford Lieder Festival and Wigmore Hall.
Dave O'Higgins: Ballad for Barry
Dave O'Higgins (sax) with recent NGAs Rob Luft (guitar) and Mischa Mullov-Abbado (bass) plus Ross Stanley (piano) and Billy Pod (drums)
Byrd: Ye sacred muses - Tallis is Dead
Fleetwood Mac: Songbird
Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor), Danny Murphy (lute)
Wagner: Traume from Wesendonck
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), James Baillieu (piano)
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)
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Dave O’Higgins
Ballad for Barry
Performer: Rob Luft. Performer: Dave O’Higgins. Performer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Ross Stanley. Performer: Billy Pod.![]()
William Byrd
Ye sacred muse
Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.![]()
Christine McVie
Songbird
Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.![]()
Richard Wagner
Träume (Wesendonck Lieder)
Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha.![]()
Felix Mendelssohn
Variations serieuses in D minor, Op.54
Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.![]()
Alfred Schnittke
Waltz (From "Der Liebling des Publikums")
Conductor: Frank Strobel. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.- Schnittke: Film Music, Vol. 5.
- CapriccioNR.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major RV 537 for 2 trumpets (1st mvt)
Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.- Philips.
Broadcast
- Mon 23 Oct 202316:30BBC Radio 3
Celebrating 25 years of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme
Looking back on Radio 3's commitment to developing remarkable musical careers.
