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New Generation Artists - a BBC scheme to nurture exceptional young talent

The BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.

New Generation Artists: Simon Hofele plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

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Simon Hofele plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

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New Generation Artist trumpeter Simon Hofele plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

New Generation Artist trumpeter Simon Simon Hofele plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and mezzo Catriona Morison sings Pierre Vellones' Five Epitaphs.

New Generation Artists: current NGAs perform music by Fauré, Gershwin and Pierre Vellones, a contemporary of Poulenc. 

Fauré	Elegie op.24	
Andrei Ionita (cello), Lilit Grigoryan (piano)	

Pierre Vellones   Cinq épitaphes	
Catriona Morison (mezzo soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) 	

George Gershwin arr. Timofei Dokshizer	Rhapsody in Blue 	
Simon Höfele (trumpet), Frank Dupree (piano)

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