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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 New Generation Artists

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Radio 3 New Generation Artists: Episode 2

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Radio 3 New Generation Artists perform music by Hahn, Mompou, Carl Orff and Shostakovich.

Clara Mouriz (mezzo) and Joseph Middleton (piano) perform music by Hahn and Mompou. The Signum Quartet play Carl Orff. Plus Igor Levit (piano) in Shostakovich: Preludes.

This week's Lunchtime Concerts are dedicated to the current members of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, a initiative for nurturing and developing exceptional young talent. For more information, videos, clips and biographies go to bbc.co.uk/radio3/nga. There's a mixture of vocal, quartet and piano music culminating in a performance of Shostakovich's challenging Preludes by Russian-German pianist Igor Levit. Before that, Spanish mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz performs songs by Hahn and Mompou and the Signum quartet, from Germany, play Carl Orff's Quartettsatz, which draws on a variety of musical influences.

Hahn: L'Heure exquise; D'une Prison
Mompou: Damunt de tu nomes les flors 
Clara Mouriz (mezzo)
Joseph Middleton (piano)

Carl Orff: Quartettsatz op. 22
Signum Quartet

Shostakovich: Preludes for Piano
Igor Levit (piano).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Radio 3 New Generation Artists

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Programmes showcasing the current members of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme

Programmes dedicated to showcasing the current members of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, a initiative for nurturing and developing exceptional young talent

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