Radio 3

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. This week, Classical Live presents exclusive live recordings from some of the best youth orchestras in Europe; we’ll also hear performances by some of the brilliant young musicians currently enrolled in the BBC New Generation Artists scheme, in a recent season of lunchtime concerts at St George’s Bristol. Today there’s music by the Lithuanian composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis courtesy of the Swiss National Youth Orchestra, and the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra plays Brahms. Also, young German pianist Julius Asal plays the last of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, No.32 Op.111. At 1pm live from the Wigmore Hall, the Italian vocal ensemble La Venexiana is joined by soprano Emanuela Galli and harpist Chiara Granata, along with director & theorbo player Gabriele Palomba, for a programme of music by Giulio Caccini and his contemporaries. LIVE from WIGMORE HALL La Venexiana Emanuela Galli (soprano) Chiara Granata (harp) Gabriele Palomba (theorbo/director) GIULIO CACCINI Le nuove musiche: Dolcissimo sospiro Belle rose porporine Amarilli, mia bella GIOVANNI DE MACQUE Libro di Canzone Francese: Prime Stravaganze BENEDETTO FERRARI Musiche varie a voce sola: Amanti, io vi sò dire SIGISMONDO D'INDIA Le musiche da cantar solo (Libro Primo): Intenerite voi, lagrime mie Cruda Amarilli GIOVANNI GIROLAMO KAPSBERGER Libro IV: Canario Capona MAURIZIO CAZZATI Arie e Cantate a voce sola libro Primo Op. 11: Fierissime pene TARQUINIO MERULA Curtio Precipitato et altri Capricci a voce sola: Folle è ben che si crede BARBARA STROZZI L'Eraclito amoroso Op. 2 No. 14 GIOVANNI MARIA TRABACI Toccata Seconda & Ligature per l'arpa CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Voglio di vita uscir SV337 ***** With Elizabeth Alker Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 Korbinian Altenberger, violin Bavarian State Youth Orchestra Ivan Fischer, conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111 Julius Asal, piano Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Miske ('In the Forest') Swiss National Youth Orchestra Modestas Pitrėnas, conductor