Winter Showcase: Beethoven and Ravel

Available for 18 days

Georgia Mann presents the third programme in her Winter series celebrating the prodigious talents of Radio 3's New Generation Artists. Today, two newcomers to the prestigious young artist programme can be heard in their first studio sessions at the BBC. The Astatine Trio explores the ever-shifting colours and coruscating harmonies of Maurice Ravel's Piano Trio. And that's preceded by the charismatic soprano Erika Baikoff's performance of Beethoven's 'To the distant beloved'. Written as he attempted to come to terms with his deafness, 'An die ferne geliebte' is considered to be the first song cycle by a major composer. But who was this mysterious 'distant beloved'? Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98 Erika Baikoff (soprano), Roman Borisov (piano) Ravel: Piano Trio Astatine Trio