2023

Available for over a year

From the BBC’s iconic studios at Maida Vale in London, Katie Derham presents the World Service’s annual concert featuring members of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme past and present. Founded in 1999 with the aim of nurturing and promoting some of the world’s finest young musicians at the start of their international careers, the list of NGA alumni is now well over a hundred and includes some of the biggest names in classical music. Participants are offered the chance to make studio recordings, perform with the BBC’s orchestras, and at many of the UK’s most prestigious venues and festivals including London’s Wigmore Hall and the BBC Proms. Today we hear live performances from Annelien Van Wauwe from Belgium, one of the most exciting and original clarinettists of her generation; star British bass baritone Ashley Riches, equally at home on the operatic stage and the concert platform; and acclaimed jazz guitarist Rob Luft and his Quintet.