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Photo of Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano), Kunal Lahiry (piano) and Quatuor Van Kuijk: 漏 Ian Skelly

Tonight's recordings were made during a weekend of concerts given in the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings in March by some of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, the well-established programme for exceptional musicians at the beginning of national and international careers.

The Van Kuijk Quartet open the concert with Dvorak's Ninth String Quartet; it was written at a tragic time in the composer's life when he had recently suffered the loss of two of his children, and this sadness is palpable right from the opening melody that drives the movement.

One of the many riches to come from the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme is new collaborations between the musicians, and the second half of the concert is a fine example of this. The Van Kuijk Quartet join pianist Tom Borrow and the violinist of the Mithras Trio, Ionel Manciu, for a performance of the rarely played work by Chausson, his thrilling Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet Op. 21.

The concert concludes with another work by Chausson, and another collaboration: mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska and pianist Kunal Lahiry join the Van Kuijk Quartet for Chausson's very last work, his beautiful Chanson perp茅tuelle, Op. 37.

Introduced by Ian Skelly.

Dvorak: String Quartet No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34
Quatuor Van Kuijk

c.8pm: Interval music:
Chausson's orchestral tone poem, Soir de fete Op. 32 played by the Swiss Romande Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski

c.8.15pm
Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
Ionel Manciu (violin)
Tom Borrow (piano)
Quatuor Van Kuijk

c.8.55pm
Chausson: Chanson perp茅tuelle, Op. 37
Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano)
Kunal Lahiry (piano)
Quatuor Van Kuijk