Piano wizardry from Mariam Batsashvili at Wigmore Hall

By Chris Garlick, 14 October 2020

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 13 October 2020

Franck, Prélude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18

Ravel, Sonatine in F sharp major

Thalberg, Grand caprice on Bellini's La Sonnambula, Op.46

Schumann, Fantasiestücke, Op.12

Liszt, Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's "Faust", S 407

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

Mariam Batsashvili gives stunning display of pianism in her EIF debut

Simon Thompson, 20th August

You don’t get to win the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition by being a shrinking violet. Mariam Batsashvili demonstrates fistfuls of chords in Edinburgh.

****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

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

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

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Chris Garlick

Chris Garlick is the co-founder of Signal Gallery in Hoxton. His first degree was in music, training as a classical composer. Chris has written about art frequently in Art of England magazine, Artist and Illustrator for online blogs.