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Radio 3,04 Jun 2026,360 mins

Mariam Batsashvili at London's Wigmore Hall

Through the Night

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Pianist Mariam Batsashvili's recital shows the breadth of her artistic expression: the haunting music of Bach's Third Concerto and Chopin's Andante spianato to Haydn's joyful Sonata in D and the earthy drama of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto no 3 in D minor (after Marcello's Oboe Concerto), BWV.974 Mariam Batsashvili (piano) 12:40 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op 22 Mariam Batsashvili (piano) 12:54 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Sonata in D, Hob.XVI:37 Mariam Batsashvili (piano) 01:05 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian Rhapsody no 11 in A minor, S. 244 Mariam Batsashvili (piano) 01:11 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian Rhapsody no 12 in C Sharp Minor, S.244 Mariam Batsashvili (piano) 01:22 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Waltz in G flat, D.Anh.I/14 'Kupelwieser Walzer' (encore) Mariam Batsashvili (piano) 01:24 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Les Preludes - symphonic poem after Lamartine, S.97 Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (conductor) 01:41 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Aria: Il mio tesoro intanto - from Don Giovanni Michael Schade (tenor), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor) 01:46 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 "Trout" Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Marianne Thorsen (violin), Are Sandbakken (viola), Leonid Gorokhov (cello), Dan Styffe (double bass) 02:31 AM Grace Williams (1906-1977) Symphony no 2 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 03:12 AM Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669) The Four Seasons - Winter Les Voix Humaines 03:27 AM Shih (b.1950) Der letzte Walzer Anika Vavic (piano) 03:38 AM Artur Kapp (1878-1952) Cantata 'Päikesele' (To the Sun) Hendrik Krumm (tenor), Aime Tampere (organ), Eesti Raadio Segakoor [Estonian Radio Choir], Eesti Poistekoor, Eesti Raadio Sümfooniaorkester (Estonia Radio Symphony Orchestra), Neeme Järvi (conductor) 03:49 AM Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), Øivind Westby (arr.) Trumpet Concerto in D major Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Argovia Philharmonic, Rune Bergmann (conductor) 03:59 AM Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Three pieces for Clarinet Solo Martins Circenis (clarinet) 04:04 AM Arvo Pärt (b.1935) Magnificat Jauna Muzika, Vaclovas Augustinas (conductor) 04:10 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Bernard Heinze (conductor) 04:21 AM Nicolas Gombert (c.1495-c.1560) Elegie sur la mort de Josquin Musae Jovis Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson (director) 04:31 AM Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929) Concert Overture in D major BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chloé van Soeterstèd (conductor) 04:43 AM François Couperin (1668-1733), Yasunori Imamura (arr.) Les Baricades Misterieuses de Mr F. Couperin Yasunori Imamura (theorbo) 04:46 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943), Alan Arnold (arr.) Vocalise, Op 34 no 14 arr. Arnold for viola and piano Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano) 04:52 AM Genevieve Calame (1946-1993) Sur la margelle du monde Bienne Symphony Orchestra, Franco Trinca (conductor) 05:03 AM Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vite, antiphon for solo voice Sequentia 05:14 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonata for Viola da Gamba in A major, BWV.1015 Teodoro Baù (viola da gamba), Andrea Buccarella (harpsichord) 05:30 AM Pavle Merkù (1927-2014) Concerto lirico for clarinet and orchestra Franc Trzan (clarinet), Slovenska Filharmonija, Anton Kolar (conductor) 05:48 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Piano Trio in C minor, MWV.Q3 Irene Abrigo (violin), Jürg Dähler (viola), Gilles Vonsattel (piano) 06:05 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Serenade for tenor, horn and string orchestra, Op 31 Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), James Sommerville (horn), Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Simon Streatfield (conductor)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Concerto no 3 in D minor (after Marcello's Oboe Concerto), BWV.974
    Concerto no 3 in D minor (after Marcello's Oboe Concerto), BWV.974
    Johann Sebastian Bach
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    Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op 22
    Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op 22
    Frédéric Chopin
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    Sonata in D, Hob.XVI:37
    Sonata in D, Hob.XVI:37
    Joseph Haydn