Main content
This programme will be available shortly after broadcast

Debussy and Liszt from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Al Ryan introduces Debussy & Liszt from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, plus Beethoven from the Chaos Quartet and pianist Julius Asal playing Bartok & Schumann.

Al Ryan brings you another afternoon of live music and specially recorded performances from around the UK. In today鈥檚 programme, there鈥檚 more from the Barber Series of Lunchtime Concerts at the University of Birmingham, featuring two Radio 3 New Generation Artists: the pianist Julius Asal performing Bartok & Schumann, and flautist Elizaveta Ivanova with a delightful sonata by the Georgian composer Otar Taktakishvili.

You can also hear more recent live recordings from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 鈥 this afternoon, it鈥檚 Debussy鈥檚 Pr茅lude 脿 l'Apr猫s-midi d'un faune and Liszt's contemplative and introspective tone poem Orpheus. And we鈥檒l also hear from another of Radio 3鈥檚 current crop of New Generation Artists 鈥 clarinettist Oleg Shebeta-Dragan who plays a set of Fantasy Pieces by Schumann.

Claude Debussy 鈥 Pr茅lude 脿 l'Apr猫s-midi d'un faune
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Adam Hickox (conductor)

Otar Taktakishvili 鈥 Sonata for flute & piano
Elizaveta Ivanova (flute)
Sanja Bizjak (piano)

Bela Bartok 鈥 Suite for piano, Op.14 (09鈥53)
Robert Schumann 鈥 Ghost Variations (11鈥35)
Julius Asal (piano)

Ludwig van Beethoven 鈥 String Quartet in G major, Op.18, No.2
Chaos Quartet

Robert Schumann 鈥 Fantasy Pieces, Op.73
Oleg Shebeta-Dragan (clarinet)
Dominic Degavino (piano)

Franz Liszt - Orpheus
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster (conductor)

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask 麻豆社 Sounds to play Classical Live".

Release date:

2 hours

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Jun 2026 13:00