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Mariam Batsashvili at Wigmore Hall

Live from Wigmore Hall, the brilliant young pianist, Mariam Batsashvili plays music by Cesar Franck, Ravel, Schumann and Liszt calling for dazzling pyrotechnics and deep poetry.

Live from Wigmore Hall, Mariam Batsashvili brings her captivating pianism to a programme which combines fireworks with poetry. Since winning the 2014 Franz Liszt Competition, the young Georgian pianist has won the hearts of music lovers across the world with her refined, deeply expressive music making. A former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Mariam Batsashvili has not played most of these works in the UK before.
Presented by Martin Handley.

Franck: Pr茅lude, fugue et variation Op. 18
Ravel: Sonatine
Thalberg: Grand caprice on Bellini's La Sonnambula Op. 46
Schumann: Fantasiest眉cke Op. 12
Liszt: Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's Faust S407

Followed by music off disc including:

Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano Duet in C major, "Grand Duo", D812 arranged by Joseph Joachim
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 Oct 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • C茅sar Franck

    Prelude, fugue et variation Op 18

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
  • Sigismond Thalberg

    Grand caprice on Bellini's La Sonnambula Op 46

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiest眉cke Op 12

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
  • Franz Liszt

    "Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's Faust S407 "

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Petit caprice (Style Offenbach)

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in C major for piano duet, D 812, 'Grand duo'

    Orchestrator: Joseph Joachim. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 151 BWV.151 (Susser Trost, mein Jesus kommt)

    Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Chorale. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach: Cantatas Vol. 43.
    • BIS.
    • 16.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    May Song (8 Songs Op.52)

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: James Newby.
    • I wonder as I Wander: Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and Britten.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Oct 2020 19:30