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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Artists celebration plus Tchaikovsky from Switzerland

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a celebration of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Artists scheme and music from Switzerland.

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

This week on Classical Live, we celebrate 25 years of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Artists scheme. Founded in 1999, the programme supports some of the world’s most exciting young instrumentalists, ensembles and singers at the start of their international careers, through performance and broadcast opportunities on Radio 3. Today, the Takacs String Quartet perform Haydn, pianist Giorgi Gigashvili plays Prokofiev and violinist Lisa Batiashvili will play Brahms Violin Concerto in D for our centrepiece.

We will also hear music from Switzerland, thanks to our partnership with the European Broadcasting Union. The Swiss Orchestra, conducted by Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, perform Tchaikovsky's Excerpts from 'Serenade in C, Op. 48' and the Basel Chamber Orchestra play Bartók's Divertimento.

Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (incidental music)
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer (conductor)

Serge Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat, Op. 83
Giorgi Gigashvili (piano)

Leonard Bernstein
Sonata in A for clarinet and piano
Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet)
Martin Klett (piano)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F major No 2, Op. 77
Takacs Quartet

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade in C, Op. 48 (excerpts)
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer (conductor)

Béla Bartók
Divertimento, Sz. 113
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Baptiste Lopez (conductor)

Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (incidental music)

    Orchestra: Swiss Orchestra. Conductor: Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Three Intermezzi Op. 117

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Sonata in A for Clarinet and Piano

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Performer: Martin Klett.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Excerpts from 'Serenade in C, Op. 48'

    Performer: Swiss Orchestra. Performer: Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer.
  • Béla Bartók

    Divertimento in B flat, K. 137

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Baptiste Lopez.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op.38

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Daniel Harding.
  • Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    Georgian Miniatures

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • Poulenc: Music for Piano and Wind.
    • Nimbus.
    • 004.

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Mar 2025 13:00