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New Generation Artists: Kate Molleson continues her summer series celebrating the prodigious talents of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists, a dozen supremely talented musicians with burgeoning international careers. Today Eric Lu plays Chopin at Wigmore Hall and Ema Nikolovska gives the European premiere of a provocative song cycle in praise of vegetables.

Chopin: Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op 22
Eric Lu (piano)

Rosephanys Powell: Miss Wheatley's Garden - A winter twilight
Howard Swanson: Night Song
Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Beethoven arr. York Bowen; Moonlight Sonata
Timothy Ridout (viola), James Baillieu (piano)

Rautavaara: Notturno e danza
Johan Dalene (violin), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)

Danika Lor猫n; The Sex Lives of Vegetables - Cabbages, Onions, Lettuce and Cauliflower
Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Established two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme is internationally acknowledged as the foremost scheme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the beginning of their international careers. Each year six musicians join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at the UK's major music festivals, enjoy dates with the 大象传媒 orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the 大象传媒 studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic partnerships with one another and to explore a wide range of repertoire. In recent years Radio 3's New Generation Artists have appeared at many of the world's major music festivals and concert halls. Not surprisingly, the list of alumni reads like a Who鈥檚 Who of the most exciting musicians of the past two decades.