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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: Vaughan Williams songs from Helen Charlston

Vaughan Williams songs from Helen Charlston

BBC Radio 3 - New Generation Artists, Vaughan Williams songs from Helen Charlston

Mezzo Helen Charlston sings Vaughan Williams, and pianist Tom Borrow plays Debussy.

Chamber Music from Radio 3's New Generation Artists: mezzo Helen Charlston sings Vaughan Williams's Four Last Songs. Pianist Tom Borrow plays three Debussy preludes.

Mezzo Helen Charlston sings Vaughan Williams, and pianist Tom Borrow plays Debussy.

Helen Charlston is heard in a BBC studio recording of the four songs Vaughan Williams composed between 1954 and 1958 to texts by his wife Ursula. After his death, the songs - Procris", "Tired", "Hands, Eyes, and Heart", and "Menelaus - were assembled and published as a set. 

Rebecca Clarke: Down by the Salley Gardens	
Helen Charlston (mezzo), Sholto Kynoch (piano)

Vaughan Williams: Four Last Songs
Helen Charlston (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Debussy: Préludes from Book 2: no.8; Ondine, no.10; Canope and no.12; Feux d'artifice
Tom Borrow (piano)

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