Wigmore Hall 125: Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniusas
As part of Wigmore Hall's 125th Anniversary Festival, soprano Asmik Grigorian and pianist Lukas Geniusas perform songs by Fauré, Ravel, Rachmaninov and Richard Strauss.
Acclaimed soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to Wigmore Hall with her regular pianist Lukas Geniusas following their sensational 2023 recital. This evening, their programme features the intimate version for voice and piano of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, alongside exquisite Russian and French vocalises, promising another deeply emotional performance.
Broadcast live from Wigmore Hall in London, and presented by Ian Skelly.
Ravel: Vocalise-etude en forme de habanera
Fauré: Vocalise-etude
Hahn: Vocalise-etude (Souvenir de Constantinople)
Bizet: Chants du Rihn
Messiaen: Vocalise-etude
Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op. 14 No. 14
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Strauss: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9
Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1
Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2
Asmik Grigorian (soprano)
Lukas Geniusas (piano)
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- Tue 26 May 202619:30BBC Radio 3
