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Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2

Domingo Hindoyan conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra, and Mariam Batsashvili joins them for Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, Domingo Hindoyan, give a concert in their home city, which brims with the colour and flamboyance of Paul Hindemith, Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss.

Tonight鈥檚 concert begins with the big-band swagger of Hindemith鈥檚 Concert Music, commissioned in 1930 for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It鈥檚 followed by a showstopping concerto by Franz Liszt 鈥� one of the greatest pianists who ever lived 鈥� played tonight by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mariam Batsashvili.

After the interval, one of the most iconic openings in all classical music. But it doesn't stop there. The expansive Nietzsche-inspired Also sprach Zarathustra is far more than its celebrated beginning. Richard Strauss wanted his symphonic tone poem to tell the 'entire story of humanity'. In the primal darkness a trumpet sounds 鈥� and seconds later, the whole universe is ablaze with light. Joys and passions, dances and dirges - the music responds to and encapsulates some of life's highs and lows before melting into the dark of a peaceful night.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Recorded on 30 October 2025

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Paul Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2

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Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)
Domingo Hindoyan (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Paul Hindemith

    Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, Op. 50

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.

  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto No.2, S.125

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella [Grandes 茅tudes de Paganini]

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.

  • Franz Liszt

    Elegy No.1 for cello, piano, harp & harm贸nium, S.130a

    Performer: Bal谩zs M谩t茅. Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch. Performer: Tina 沤erdin. Performer: Joris Verdin.
    • APARTE.

  • Richard Strauss

    2 Pieces for piano quartet, TrV.169 (Arabischer Tanz & Liebesliedchen)

    Ensemble: Oculi Ensemble.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.

  • Robert Schumann

    3 Romances, Op 94

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Markus Becker.
    • Music for oboe, oboe d'amore, cor anglais and piano: Albrecht Mayer, Markus Beck.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 001.

  • Ethel Smyth

    String Quartet in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Archaeus Quartet.
    • Lorelt.

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  • Mon 19 Jan 2026 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3