A Morning at the Russian Ballet
Live from the Wigmore Hall in London. Since its launch three years ago, BBC
Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme has nurtured some of the most brilliant young artists before the public today. The first of four concerts showcasing the present members of the scheme features virtuoso transcriptions of favourite ballet music and is presented by Verity Sharp. Tchaikovsky, arr Pletnev Nutcracker Suite Simon Trpceski (piano) Stravinksy Suite Italienne
Li-wei Qin (cello), Simon Trpceski (piano) Prokofiev, arr Borissovsky Dances from Romeo and Juliet Lawrence Power (viola), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Stravinsky Three movements from
Petrushka Alexander Melnikov (piano)