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Hannah French continues her series of summer programmes, showcasing some of the talents of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Today, Mar铆a Due帽as dazzles in Ravel's Tzigane, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston sings Haydn, Tom Borrow plays JS Bach's Italian Concerto in a recording made at Wigmore Hall in May. Hugh Cutting is the first counter-tenor on NGA scheme, and today we hear him with lutenist Danny Murphy in a selection of songs ranging from 16th-century lute songs, to Fleetwood Mac. The programme ends with jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie collaborating with saxophonist Matthew Carmichael.

Ravel
Tzigane - Rapsodie de Concert
Mar铆a Due帽as, violin
Evgeny Sinaisky, piano

Haydn
Mermaid鈥檚 Song
Helen Charlston, (mezzo-soprano)
Roman Rabinovich, (piano)

JS Bach
Italian Concerto in F BWV971
Tom Borrow, (piano)

William Byrd: Ye sacred muses
John Dowland: Can she excuse
Fleetwood Mac: Songbird
Hugh Cutting, counter-tenor
Danny Murphy, lute

Fergus McCreadie / Matthew Carmichael
Marram
Fergus McCreadie, (jazz piano)
Matt Carmichael, (saxophone)

Established just over two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme is acknowledged internationally as the foremost programme 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 and venues, 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, not least the work of contemporary, women and diverse composers. In recent years, Radio 3's New Generation Artists have appeared at many of the UK's music festivals and concert halls. The 大象传媒 New Generation Artists Scheme is not itself a prize, rather it offers a unique two-year platform on which artists can develop their prodigious talents. Not surprisingly, the list of alumni reads like a Who鈥檚 Who of the most exciting musicians of the past two decades including pianists Paul Lewis, Pavel Kolesnikov, Benjamin Grosvenor and Beatrice Rana, violinists Alina Ibragimova and Lisa Batiashvili, the Belcea, Jerusalem and 脡b猫ne Quartets, singers Alice Coote and Fatma Said and the trumpeter Alison Balsom.