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New Generation Artists: NGA 20th anniversary celebrations

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NGA 20th anniversary celebrations

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Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.

Kate Molleson launches the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, introducing performances from current members and starry alumni.

Kate Molleson launches the day devoted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.  The scheme was founded in 1999 to support and nurture some of the world’s most exciting young musicians at the start of their international careers, and twenty years later it boasts well over a hundred distinguished alumni, many of whom are major players on the world stage.

Kate Molleson kicks off the celebrations with music performed by current members and starry alumni of the scheme, including Ingrid Fliter in Chopin, the Van Kuijk Quartet playing Mozart, and soprano Elizabeth Watts singing JS Bach with the English Concert. 

After 10.30, Kate is joined in the studio by star trumpeter and former NGA Alison Balsom.

Musical treats include:

c.9.35am
Poulenc (arranged by Lennox Berkeley): Flute Sonata 
Emily Beynon (flute)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

c.9.55am
Brahms: Violin Concerto  
Janine Jansen (violin)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbański (conductor)

c.11.20am
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No 2 (1st movement)
Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

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