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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by 大象传媒 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

We鈥檙e back in St Mark鈥檚 Church, Dundela, East Belfast for more chamber music from the Z.E.N. Trio鈥檚 residency at Belfast International Arts Festival 2024, exclusively recorded last October for Classical Live. Today the starry members of the trio each take a turn as soloist, with cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan playing Massenet鈥檚 famous Meditation, violinist Esther Yoo performing music by Max Bruch and Zhang Zuo (aka Zee Zee) dazzling at the piano in Liszt. And there鈥檚 more music-making from Belfast in our centrepiece today, when Italian violinist Francesca Dego joins the Ulster Orchestra for Sibelius鈥檚 Violin Concerto at 2pm.

And in the lead-up to the 25th anniversary celebrations of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme next Monday, each day this week we feature an alumnus of the flagship talent development scheme as the soloist in a concerto with a European orchestra. Today, Swedish clarinettist Martin Fr枚st joins the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra for Copland's Clarinet Concerto.

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Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto
Martin Fr枚st (clarinet)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Minasi (conductor)

Jules Massenet
Meditation (Tha茂s)
Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello)
Zhang Zuo (piano)

Franz Lizst
Years of Pilgrimage - 1st Year, Switzerland (6th mvt, Obermann鈥檚 Valley)
Zhang Zuo (piano)

Max Bruch
Adagio appassionato, Op. 57
Esther Yoo (violin)
Zhang Zuo (piano)

1400 - Centrepiece
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Francesca Dego (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni (conductor)

Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major
Carducci Quartet

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