New Generation Artists
Thursday 29 March 2007 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm
Playlist:
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
LSO St Luke's 20th Century Pioneers
3/4. Continuing the series from LSO St Luke's celebrating those pioneers of the 20th Century - Stravinsky, Debussy and Prokofiev. Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Huw Watkins bring virtuosity to a programme framed by Stravinsky's fiendish rendition of the French national anthem and his poetic Duo Concertante.
Stravinsky (arr.): La Marseillaise
Debussy: Violin Sonata in Gm
Stravinsky: Duo Concertant
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No 2 in D
2.00pm
Janacek: The Excursions of Mr Broucek
A complete performance of this extraordinary opera, based on a satirical novel by Svatopluk Cech and which follows a Prague drinker on his trips to the Moon and back through time to the 15th Century.
Jan Vacik, Peter Straka (tenor)
Maria Haan (soprano)
Roman Janal (baritone)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
4.30pm
New Generation Artists
Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Martin Frost (clarinet)
Royal String Quartet
