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Boris Giltburg plays Bartók’s 3rd Piano Concerto from Leipzig

Linton Stephens introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings, including music from Leipzig and chamber performances from the Âé¶¹Éç Radio 3 New Generation Artists.

Linton Stephens brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making, including a week-long focus on Leipzig, a pivotal centre in Western classical music. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra perform Lili Boulanger's orchestral depiction of ‘A Morning in Spring’, and pianist Boris Giltburg joins the orchestra to play Béla Bartók's virtuoso 3rd Piano Concerto. There is also a performance of Sergei Taneyev's rarely programmed choral cantata John of Damascus, inspired by the religious writings of Tolstoy and performed by the MDR Radio Chorus and Orchestra, Leipzig.
Elsewhere in the programme, exclusive studio and concert recordings from Âé¶¹Éç Radio 3’s current selection of New Generation Artists. Cellist Sterling Elliott performs Perrault, and flautist Elizaveta Ivanova plays Faure.
And more music foregrounding the bassoon. Today’s choice is Poulenc's Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano in a performance given by oboist Albrecht Mayer, bassoonist Václav Vonásek and pianist Robert Kolinsky

Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de printemps
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

Radio 3 New Generation Artists:
Jean R. Perrault
Brother Malcom
Sterling Elliott (cello)
Richard Uttley (piano)

Béla Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

Radio 3 New Generation Artists:
Gabriel Faure
Fantasie Op. 79
Elizaveta Ivanova (flute)
Sanja Bizjak (piano)

Francis Poulenc
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43
Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
Václav Vonásek (bassoon)
Robert Kolinsky (piano)

Sergei Taneyev
John of Damascus, cantata, Op. 1
MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig
Pavel Brochin (chorus director)
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig
Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    15 Sinfonias (BWV.787-801) (Three-part inventions) for keyboard (No.s 1-5 / 7-12

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Tim Posner. Performer: Tim Crawford.
  • Rudy Perrault

    Brother Malcolm

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.
  • Béla Bartók

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in E, Sz. 119

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque in C, Op. 18

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Fantaisie Op.79

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43

    Performer: Robert Kolinsky. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Václav Vonášek.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Chopiniana

    Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Guillaume de Machaut

    Messe de Notre Dame (Gloria)

    Choir: Âé¶¹Éç Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Storm

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev

    John of Damascus, cantata, Op. 1

    Performer: MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig. Choir: MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig. Director: Pavel Brochin. Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor

    • Chopin: 24 Préludes - Brahms: Intermezzo, Op. 117 No. 1 - Schumann: Ghost Variat.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Apr 2026 13:00