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Geneva Lewis joins Ryan Corbett at the Â鶹Éç studios in an arrangement for violin and accordion of one of Ernest Bloch's haunting Pictures from Chassidic Life. That's followed by Dvorak's Gypsy Melodies, which pay homage to the sounds of his beloved Moravia. That set includes ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’, which became one of his most widely arranged pieces. The charismatic mezzo, Niamh O'Sullivan sang them in Birmingham earlier this year at the Barber Lunchtime Series. And, to end, a melancholic tune which has become almost the unofficial anthem of Georgia.

Bloch: Nigun (Baal Shem - 3 Pictures From Chassidic Life, No 2)
Geneva Lewis (violin), Ryan Corbett (accordion)

Dvorak: 7 Gypsy Melodies Op. 55
My song sounds of love
Ah, how my triangle rings
The forest is quiet all around
Songs my mother taught me
The string is tuned
Wide sleeves
Give a hawk a cage
Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo soprano), Gary Beecher (piano)

Giya Kancheli arr. Luka Okros: Herio Bichebo (Earth, This Is Your Son)
Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Luka Okros (piano)