Pianist Mariam Batsashvili live from London's Wigmore Hall

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

We begin the programme with a live concert from London’s Wigmore Hall. Pianist Mariam Batsashvili’s recital combines works ideally suited to her poetic artistry. She moves from the haunting music of Bach’s Third Concerto and Chopin’s translucent Andante spianato to Haydn’s joyful Sonata in D and the earthy drama of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies.

Elsewhere we have music from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, who perform Rachmaninov's energetic Symphonic Dances and Szymanowski's emotional intense and unpredictable Violin Concerto No.1 with soloist, Bondori Kim.

Live from Wigmore Hall, introduced by Hannah French.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 3 in D minor (after Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor) BWV974

Fryderyk Chopin
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Op. 22

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in D HXVI/37

Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in A minor S244
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor S244

Mariam Batsashvili (piano)

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Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances Op. 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stephanie Childress (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No. 61 in D minor, Op. 76/2, Hob. III:76 ('Fifths')
Goldmund Quartet

James MacMillan
Miserere
Tenebrae
Nigel Short (conductor)

Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No 1 Op. 35
Bondori Kim (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Marta Gardolińska (conductor)

Fergus McCreadie
Fantasy for cello and piano
Santiago Canon-Valencia (cello)
Fergus McCreadie (piano)

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