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Cheltenham Music Festival 2012; Philip Langridge Mentoring Scheme Showcase

Cheltenham Music Festival 2012: young artists perform Schubert, Mahler, Chopin and Britten in the debut public recital of The Philip Langridge Mentoring Scheme.

Live from the Pittville Pump Room

Presented by Martin Handley

Cheltenham Music Festival 2012: The Philip Langridge Mentoring Scheme Showcase brings together some of the UK's finest young artists to perform a varied programme of vocal and instrumental music by Schubert, Mahler, Chopin and Britten.

Tonight's concert, the first of two from the 2012 Cheltenham Music Festival, is the debut public recital given by young artists invited to take part in the mentoring scheme. Established by the Royal Philharmonic Society and Young Classical Artists Trust in memory of the great British tenor Philip Langridge, the scheme pairs young performers with leading musicians, such as Steven Isserlis and Imogen Cooper.

Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D.821 "Arpeggione"
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

8.15 Music Interval

Chopin: Preludes, Op.28 Nos 16-24
Constantin Silvestri: Bacchanale
Duparc: Au pays ou se fait la guerre
Britten: Cabaret Songs

Philip Higham (cello)
Alexandria Dariescu (piano)
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
Helen Sherman (mezzo-soprano)
Sam Armstrong (piano)
James Baillieu (piano)

Following the live concert the Britten Sinfonia perform chamber works including Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Memoria, broadcast as part of 'Encore' - a collaboration between the Royal Philharmonic Society and 大象传媒 Radio 3 designed to give repeat performances and broadcasts of works by living British composers which otherwise might be lost from view.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in A minor D.821 for arpeggione

    Performer: Philip Higham (cello) & Sam Armstrong (piano)

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge (mezzo soprano) & James Baillieu (piano)

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto no. 2 in D major H.7b.2 for cello and orchestra - 3rd movement

    Conductor: Roger NORRINGTON Performers: Steven Isserlis (cello), Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    • RCA.
    • 09026685762.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Billy Budd Op.50 - prologue

    Conductor: Richard Hickox Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Philip Langridge (tenor)

    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN-9826(3).
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse - Se bramate d'amar

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras Performer: Ann MURRAY (mezzo soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    • FORLANE.
    • UCD-16738.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op.28 for piano

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu (piano)

  • Constantin Silvestri

    Bacchanale

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu (piano)

  • Henri Duparc

    Au pays ou se fait la guerre

    Performers: Helen Sherman (mezzo soprano) & James Baillieu (piano)

  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Cabaret songs for voice and piano

    Performers: Helen Sherman (mezzo soprano) & James Baillieu (piano)

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Jul 2012 19:30

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