Mariam Batsashvili gives stunning display of pianism in her EIF debut

By Simon Thompson, 21 August 2021

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“the perfumed clouds of notes that wafted from Batsashvili’s piano seemed to enrich the original”

Reviewed at Old College, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh on 20 August 2021

Schumann, Fantasiestücke, Op.12

Liszt, Aufenthalt, transcription from Schubert, S 560/3

Liszt, Ständchen no. 7 (transcribed from Schubert's Schwanengesang)

Liszt, Erlkönig (transcribed from Schubert), S 558 no.4

Liszt, Isolde's Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, transc. for piano, S 447

Liszt, Valse de bravoure, S214 no.1

Rossini, Petit caprice "Style Offenbach"

Mariam Batsashvili, Piano

Scintillating Bruckner from Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish

Patrick Maxwell, 27th July

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts a premiere of his own work before steering the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra through a dextrous and fascinating performance of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.

****1

Piano wizardry from Mariam Batsashvili at Wigmore Hall

Chris Garlick, 13th October

The young Georgian pianist thrills in the brilliance and technical wizardry of Thalberg and Liszt as well as Schumann's Fantasiestücke.

****1

Seeking new horizons with the Royal Philharmonic

Timmy Fisher, 27th November

Alexander Shelley conducts a folksong-infused programme of Kodály and Bartók, with Mariam Batsashvili performing Liszt.

***11

Les femmes de Liszt s'arrêtent à Châteauroux

Alain Lompech, 21st October

Retour sur la vingt-deuxième édition du festival, avec une série de concerts et récitals qui mettaient exclusivement à l'honneur des artistes femmes, mais aussi des cours d'interprétation et d'improvisation, des conférences...

****1

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

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Simon Thompson

Simon lives and works in Edinburgh, and teaches History and Modern Studies at a local high school when he is not writing about music. Born an Irishman, he is an enthusiastic adopted Scot, and has lived in the capital for fifteen years since university days, making the most of its many avenues for classical music. He spends his spare time enthusing about music, theatre, art and literature to anyone who will listen, including his long-suffering students, who have no choice.