Radio 3

Elizabeth Alker presents an afternoon of exclusive music-making from the UK and beyond, including recent highlights from the Glenarm Festival of Voice. Featuring specially made recordings, with performances from the acclaimed soprano and Radio 3 New Generaton Artist Erika Baikoff, the Grammy award-winning mezzo Fleur Barron, and one of today's leading recital tenors, Ilker Arcayürek. Throughout the week, we'll be shining a spotlight on the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and we mark 'Piano Mondays' with the orchestra's recent performance of John Adams' "Grand Pianola Music" with pianists Tamara Stefanovich and Katherine Tinker. Before that, the programme begins with a live concert from London’s Wigmore Hall given by current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the NOVO Quartet - one of Denmark's most exciting young chamber ensembles. Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 Carl Nielsen String Quartet in F minor Op 5 NOVO Quartet *** Piano Mondays: John Adams Grand Pianola Music Tamara Stefanovich & Katherine Tinker (pianos) Patricia Auchterlonie (vocals) Rachel Ambrose Evans (vocals) Sarah Anne Champion (vocals) BBC Philharmonic John Storgards (conductor) Glenarm Festival: Franz Schubert Schwanengesang (selection) Fleur Barron (mezzo soprano) Simon Lepper (piano) BBC Philharmonic: Maurice Ravel La Valse BBC Philharmonic Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Glenarm Festival: Robert Schumann Widmung (Op 25/1) Du bist wie eine Blume (Op 25/24) Dein Angesicht (Op. 127/2) Aus den östlichen Rosen (Op 25/25) İlker Arcayürek (tenor) Simon Lepper (piano) BBC Philharmonic: Frank Bridge Rebus: Overture BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Glenarm Festival Samuel Barber Hermit Songs, Op 29 Erika Baikoff (soprano) Simon Lepper (piano) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".