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大象传媒 New Generation Artists

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, performed by 大象传媒 Radio 3 New Generation Artists past and present.

Half an hour of back to back classical music to help you wind down at the end of a busy day. Today's music celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 大象传媒 New Generation Artists scheme, with all recordings featuring NGA performers past and present, including pianists Paul Lewis and Simon Trp膷eski, singer Helen Charlston, trumpeter Alison Balsom, violinist Alina Ibragimova, and flautist Emily Beynon. The musical repertoire performed is wide ranging, with works by William Byrd, Germain Taillefaire, Bach, Satie and Rachmaninov.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A major after BWV 1055 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas D.840, 850 & 894, Impromptus D.899: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • William Byrd

    Ye Sacred Muses

    Singer: Helen Charlston. Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols.
    • The Honour of William Byrd.
    • BIS.
    • 119.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Pastorale

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.
    • HYPERION.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 3

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Orchestra: Guy Barker Orchestra. Conductor: Guy Barker.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau Soir

    Performer: Santiago Ca帽贸n-Valencia. Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 4 - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 2.

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