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2026 Proms season showcase - the Kleio Quartet

Haydn's The Frog Quartet from the Kleio Quartet and Alec Templeton's Pocket Sonata from virtuoso clarinettist Oleg Shebeta-Dragan.

Georgia Mann introduces specially-recorded performances from some of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists. Today, the UK-based Kleio Quartet play Haydn at Wigmore Hall and the Ukrainian clarinettist, Oleg Shebeta-Dragan essays a groovy sonata by the Cardiff-born composer and satirist, Alec Templeton.

Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 50 no.6 'The Frog'
Kleio Quartet

Alec Templeton: Pocket-Sized Sonata No.1 - Improvisation, Modal blues and In rhythm
Oleg Shebeta-Dragan (clarinet), Dominic Degavino (piano)

Rimsky-Korsakov: From my tears from 4 songs, Op.2
Erika Baikoff (soprano), Sholto Kynoch (piano)

For over a quarter of a century, Radio 3’s prestigious talent scheme has provided an invaluable springboard for many of today’s leading international soloists and chamber music ensembles. Indeed, a list of the former alumni reads like a Who’s Who of the international music scene with names like Lisa Batiashvili, Igor Levit, Sean Shibe, Alison Balsom, Mark Simpson and the Belcea Quartet.

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29 minutes

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  • Sun 2 Aug 202619:00

Celebrating 25 years of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme

Celebrating 25 years of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme

Looking back on Radio 3's commitment to developing remarkable musical careers.