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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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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Vocalise-Etude En Forme De Habanera

    Performer: Asmik Grigorian. Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Vocalise-Etude

    Performer: Asmik Grigorian. Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Vocalise-Etude "Souvenir de Constantinople"

  • Georges Bizet

    Chants Du Rhin

    Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Vocalise-Etude

    Performer: Asmik Grigorian. Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    14 Songs Op.34 ; No.14; Vocalise

    Performer: Asmik Grigorian. Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Septet in E flat major, Op 65

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Richard Strauss

    4 Letzte Lieder Av.150

    Performer: Asmik Grigorian. Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Richard Strauss

    5 Stimmungsbilder Op.9

    Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Richard Strauss

    8 Lieder Aus Letzte Blatter Op.10 ; Zueignung

    Performer: Asmik Grigorian. Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Richard Strauss

    4 Lieder Op.27 ; No.2; Cacilie

    Performer: Asmik Grigorian. Performer: Lukas Geniušas.

  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Circumstance March No.1

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March no.2

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Gustav Holst

    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3rd Group, Op. 26: No. 2. Hymn to the Waters

    Performer: Grace Cloutier. Choir: Etherea Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Derek Greten-Harrison.
    • Hymn to the Dawn.
    • Delos.
    • 102.

  • Gustav Holst

    Marching Song, Op 22 No 2

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Holst: St Paul's Suite: City of London Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Evening-Watch Op.43 no.1

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday19:30
    BBC Radio 3