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Georgia Mann continues her series of programmes celebrating the prodigious musical talents of the current members of Radio 3's young artist scheme. Today Georgia introduces the pianist Giorgi Gigashvili in music by Chopin from his debut studio recording session; Hugh Cutting sings a selection of songs from Stanford to John Denver, recorded in Holywell Music Room in October as part of Oxford International Song Festival. One of the gems of the New Generation Artists scheme is musical collaborations between the performers, and we'll hear a recent partnership with cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia and pianist Fergus McCreadie. Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston is joined by lutenist Toby Carr in Strozzi's beautiful L'amante segreto, and the programme ends with Beethoven played by the multi-award winning Leonkoro Quartet.

Chopin
Nocturne in E-flat Major Op.55 No.2
Giorgi Gigashvili, piano

Stanford: A Soft Day
Ireland: Sea Fever
Vaughan Williams: The splendour falls
Errolyn Wallen: About here (1999)
John Denver: Rhymes and Reasons
Hugh Cutting, counter-tenor
Dylan Perez, piano

Improvisation: Modinha / Ohla Maria
Santiago Canon Valencia, cello
Fergus McCreadie, piano

Strozzi:
L'amante segreto
Helen Charlston, mezzo
Toby Carr, lute

Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 in F Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky‘
Leonkoro Quartet

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ New Generation Artists scheme was founded in 1999 to support some of the world’s finest young instrumentalists, singers and ensembles at the start of their international careers, through performance and broadcast opportunities. The distinguished list of alumni now numbers well over a hundred, among them many of the most exciting musicians working on the world stage today.