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Music: Classical: Chamber & Recital

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 Lunchtime Concert: Radio 3 New Generation Artists

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

Music: Classical

Episode 3

Radio 3 New Generation Artists

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Performances from tenor Robin Tritschler, clarinettist Mark Simpson and pianist Zhang Zuo.

Tenor Robin Tritschler sings Tippett's Boyhood's End, clarinettist Mark Simpson performs Edmund Finnis's Four Duets and pianist Zhang Zuo plays Schumann's Etudes symphoniques.

Clemency Burton-Hill introduces another programme showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Generation Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of emerging British and international talent. The 'NGAs' are offered many opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and with the BBC orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits of their work in the studio, in recordings made specially for Radio 3.

Today Irish tenor Robin Tritschler sings Tippett's cantata Boyhood's End, clarinettist and former BBC Young Musician of the Year Mark Simpson performs Four Duets by Edmund Finnis, and Chinese pianist Zhang Zuo tackles Schumann's demanding Etudes Symphoniques

Tippett: Boyhood's End
Robin Tritschler (tenor), Christopher Glynn (piano)

Edmund Finnis: Four Duets
Mark Simpson (clarinet), Vikingur Olafsson (piano)

Schumann: Etudes symphoniques, Op 13
Zhang Zuo (piano).

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.

Clemency Burton-Hill introduces programmes featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists

Clemency Burton-Hill introduces programmes showcasing the talents of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists, with specially-made recordings

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