Winter Showcase: Brahms and Schumann

Georgia Mann presents the second of four early evening celebrations of the prodigious musical talents of Radio 3’s New Generation Artists.
Today, incoming member of the scheme, baritone Andrew Hamilton sings Robert Schumann's romantically-charged Liederkreis and outgoing member, Giorgi Gigashvili plays Clara Schumann's deeply personal Variations of a Theme of Robert Schumann, written as a birthday gift for her husband, Robert. Also today, the deeply poetic pianist Julius Asal teams up with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields as the first BBC New Generation Associate to play Ravel's Piano Concerto. And, to round things off, star clarinettist Oleg Shebeta-Dragan plays the folk-music-inspired Carpathian Rhapsody by his fellow Ukrainian, Myroslav Skoryk.

Ravel Piano Concerto in G.
Julius Asal (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Nadia Boulanger: Vous m'avez regardé avec toute votre âme
Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Kevin Day: Gymnopédie
Sterling Elliott (piano) Richard Uttley (piano)

Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann Op.20
Giorgi Gigashvili (piano)

Robert Schumann: Liederkreis Op.24
Andrew Hamilton (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Myroslav Skoryk: Carpathian Rhapsody
Oleg Shebeta-Dragan (clarinet), Dominic Degavino (piano)

Now in its twenty fifth year, Radio 3’s prestigious talent scheme has provided an invaluable springboard for many of today’s leading international soloists and chamber music ensembles. Indeed, a list of the former alumni reads like a Who’s Who of the international music scene with names like Lisa Batiashvili, Igor Levit, Sean Shibe, Alison Balsom, Anastasia Kobekina and the Belcea Quartet. From Monday to Thursday this week at six fifteen, there’s a chance to catch specially recorded performances from the current members of the scheme, the stars of the future.