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Georgia Mann continues her winter series showcasing Radio 3's New Generation Artists by introducing the pianist Julius Asal, cellist Sterling Elliott and the jazz saxophonist Emma Rawicz.

The German pianist Julius Asal - already signed up by a major record label - chose a piano sonata by Brahms for his debut studio recording at the 大象传媒. Brahms was still only twenty years old when he wrote this third piano sonata but it marks his coming of age; it's the last work he presented to his mentor Robert Schumann for approval before publication. That's followed by Schumann's song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben, one of the miraculous outpourings from his 'Year of Song,' when Robert was finally able to marry his beloved Clara. The Irish mezzo Niamh O'Sullivan - just coming to the end of the first of her two years as a member of Radio 3's prestigious young artist programme - brings a very human quality to these eight songs which chart a journey from a first meeting, through marriage to death. And after that, the American cellist Sterling Elliott and the UK saxophonist can be heard in their first 大象传媒 studio sessions.

Brahms: Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Julius Asal (piano)

R. Schumann: Song cycle, Frauenliebe und Leben, Op.42
Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo soprano), Gary Beecher (piano)

William Grant Still: Mother and Child
Sterling Elliott (cello), Gabriele Strata (piano)

Emma Rawicz: Journey's End
Emma Rawicz (saxophone)
with Elliot Galvin (piano), Dominic Ingham and Jenny Clare (violins), Abby Bowen (viola), Cubby Howard (cello)

The 大象传媒 New Generation Artists scheme, now in its twenty fifth year, was founded to support some of the world鈥檚 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 nearly one hundred and fifty artists, among them many of the most exciting musicians working on the world stage today.