Ashley Riches in Finzi and Mariam Batsashvili in Liszt
Pianist Mariam Batsashvili plays Liszt's transcendental Apres une lecture du Dante and Ashley Riches sings Finzi's Earth and Air and Rain, set to poems by Thomas Hardy.
New Generation Artists: the Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili gives a transcendental performance of Liszt's Après une lecture du Dante and Ashley Riches sings Finzi's Earth and Air and Rain, ten masterful setting of poems by Thomas Hardy. Also today, a cello suite by a Catalan contemporary of Pablo Casals and Debussy's sultry faun as recreated by Fritz Kreisler.
Presented by Kate Molleson.
Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)
Gaspar Cassado Suite for solo cello
Andrei Ionita (cello)
Finzi Earth and Air and Rain
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Anna Tilbrook (piano)
Today's performances from these award-winning artists were recorded in concerts at Turner Sims Southampton, at the Cheltenham Festival and also in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's studios,
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Performer: Aleksey Semenenko. Performer: Inna Firsova. -
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Franz Liszt
Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
Performer: Mariam Batsashvili. -
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Gaspar CassadΓ³
Suite for solo cello
Performer: Andrei IoniΕ£Δƒ. -
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Gerald Finzi
Earth and air and rain Op.15
Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Ashley Riches.
Broadcast
- Thu 27 Dec 2018 18:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3