New Generation Artists - Khatia Buniatishvili, Malin Christensson, Elias String Quartet

The Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme exists to provide support to some of the brightest talents in the world of classical music, and in the ten years of its existence has numbered artists such as the Belcea String Quartet, Paul Lewis, Janine Jansen, Natalie Clein and Alice Coote among its distinguished members. In the sixth of ten early-evening programmes over the Christmas period, we hear studio and live concert performances by some of the scheme's current members, including tonight the Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili in a Haydn Sonata, Swedish soprano Malin Christensson in Berg's Seven Early Songs (recorded at this year's BBC Proms Chamber Music series), and the UK-based Elias String Quartet in Schubert's A minor 'Rosamunde' Quartet. FULL PROGRAMME Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI:20 Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) Berg: 7 Early Songs Malin Christensson (soprano), Hans Eijsackers (piano) Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, D804 Elias String Quartet Schubert: Die Forelle Henk Neven (baritone), Hans Eijsackers (piano).