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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Our current ´óÏó´«Ã½ New Generation Artists take centre stage this week with a series of specially recorded concerts in the renowned acoustics of St George’s, Bristol. Today we hear Irish songs by Joan Trimble and Hebert Hughes performed by mezzo-soprano Niamh O’Sullivan, and pianist Alim Beisembayev plays Liszt’s musical response to Dante.

We return to the city of Leipzig for more music composed by its most famous musical inhabitant, Johann Sebastian Bach: his sacred motet Jesu, meine Freude. And we’re back in the famous Gewandhaus for our centrepiece at 3pm, with Bruckner’s Symphony in D minor, somewhat bizarrely known as his Symphony No. 0, performed by the MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig with Dennis Russell Davies conducting.

1303
Trad. arr. Herbert Hughes
5 Songs: The Leprechaun; She Moved Through the Fair; I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue; The Fanaid Grove; The Stuttering Lovers

Joan Trimble
3 songs: Green Rain; My grief on the sea; Girl Song
Niamh O’Sullivan (mezzo soprano)
Gary Beecher (piano)

Franz Liszt
Après une Lecture de Dante – fantasia quasi sonata (Years of Pilgrimage, Part 2: Italy, No. 7)
Alim Beisembayev (piano)

1400
György Ligeti
Romanian Concerto for orchestra
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Czech Ensemble Baroque Quintet
Marek Čermák (organ)

1500 Centrepiece
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 0 in D minor, WAB 100 ('Nullte')
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)

György Ligeti
The Devil’s Staircase (Studies, Book 2, No. 13)
Alim Beisembayev (piano)

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