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Radio 3 New Generation Artists in concert and Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond including a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist recital from Birmingham and Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces.

Tom McKinney presents specially recorded music from across the UK and Europe.

There will be a focus on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artists with a specially recorded recital from Birmingham. Bass-baritone James Atkinson and pianist Hamish Brown will perform Madeline Dring's Three Shakespeare Songs and pianist Elisabeth Brauss showcases music by Schumann.

Plus, Tom continues a week-long feature of music written by composers in their twilight years. Today we will hear Giuseppe Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales and conducted by Xian Zhang.

Madeline Dring
Three Shakespeare Songs
James Atkinson (bass-baritone)
Hamish Brown (piano)

Robert Schumann
Ghost Variations WoO 24
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Gerald Finzi
Let Us Garlands Bring, Op.18
James Atkinson (bass-baritone)
Hamish Brown (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D, BWV 972
Judicaël Perroy (guitar)

Luise Adolpha Le Beau
Symphony No. 1
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No.16 in F major, Op.135
Heath Quartet

Joe Duddell
Catch
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Colin Currie (percussion)

Giuseppe Verdi
Four Sacred Pieces
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Madeleine Dring

    3 Shakespeare Songs

    Performer: Hamish Brown. Singer: James Atkinson.
  • Robert Schumann

    Theme and variations in E flat major Op.posth. for piano, 'Ghost variations'

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Let us garlands bring (5 Shakespeare songs)

    Performer: Hamish Brown. Singer: James Atkinson.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D, BWV 972

    Performer: Judicaël Perroy.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Symphony No 1

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No.16 in F major, Op.135

    Performer: The Heath Quartet.
  • Joe Duddell

    Catch

    Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Performer: Colin Currie.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice No 13 in B flat

    Performer: Julia Fischer.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Four Sacred Pieces

    Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes (No 2 in D flat major, Op 27 No 2)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hebrides Overture

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 Feb 2025 13:00