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Upon the Hills of Georgia

Mariam Batsashvili plays Liszt's majestic Saraband and Chaconne from Handel's Almira. Plus Pauline Viardot and Giya Kancheli's songs of lament for Georgia.

New Generation Artists: majestic Liszt from Georgian-born pianist, Mariam Batsashvili and two beautiful laments for the Georgian hills to mark Georgia's Independence Day.

Pauline Viardot: Upon the hills of Georgia from 12 Poems of Pushkin
Olena Tokar (soprano), Igor Gryshyn (piano)

Enescu: Konzertstuck for viola and piano
Timothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano) 00:08:20

Liszt: Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel's Almira S.181
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)

Kancheli: Earth, This Is Your Son 'Herio Bichebo'
Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Luka okros (piano)

Photo credit: Attila Kleb

31 minutes

Music Played

  • Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Upon the hills of Georgia (12 Poems of Pushkin, Fet and Turgenev)

    Performer: Igor Gryshyn. Singer: Olena Tokar.
  • George Enescu

    Concertstucke

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Frank Dupree.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande and Chaconne (Almira)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
  • Giya Kancheli

    Herio Bichebo (Earth, This Is Your Son)

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Luka Okros.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 May 2021 16:30