Time
30.7.2026 EET/EESTThu 19.00–20.50 EET/EESTLocation
House of Nobility (Ritarihuone)
Ritarikatu 1, 00170 Helsinki
See location on the map(external link, opens in a new window)House of Nobility, Ritarikatu 3 Helsinki, Uusimaa, 00170 Finland
Target audience
No age limit
Languages
Finnish, Swedish, English
Price
- 35 Standard ticket
- 32 Pensioner
- 15 Student, child
Buy ticket(external link, opens in a new window)
Free entry with Kaikukortti
Organizer
Urkuyö ja Aaria
Additional information
urkuyofestival.fi(external link, opens in a new window)Mariam Batsashvili, piano
The Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili, who has captivated European audiences with her sensitive and thoughtful interpretations, performs at the House of Nobility on a summer evening with a programme of landmark works from the Romantic piano repertoire. The programme reflects Batsashvili’s particular passion for the music of Franz Liszt. The dramatic intensity of the Hungarian Rhapsodies is paired with lyrical worlds by Chopin and Schubert.
All the composers featured in this concert were also outstanding pianists, each of whom expanded the technical and expressive boundaries of the instrument. Mozart’s Fantasy in D minor is among his most popular piano works, although credit for its final ten bars belongs to another composer: Mozart did not complete the piece, or the ending has been lost. Some pianists have also created their own versions of the final bars. Schubert’s Four Impromptus were composed during a particularly productive period in the composer’s life. Considered cornerstones of the piano repertoire, they were published only after his death. Chopin’s Polonaise in A-flat major is known in France by the name Polonaise héroïque – the Heroic Polonaise. “What inspiration! Power! Strength! Without doubt, this is exactly the spirit the French Revolution should possess,” wrote the composer’s lover, the author George Sand, whose words helped give the work its famous nickname. Of Liszt’s 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, Nos. 10–14 are among the best known and most technically demanding. Behind them shimmer Hungarian folk melodies and the rhythms of the verbunkos dance. Mariam Batsashvili’s interpretations of these works are breathtakingly brilliant.
The concert is a co-production of the Kamarikesä Festival and the Mänttä Music Festival.
PROGRAM:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Fantasia in D minor, K. 397 (1782)
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Four Impromptus, D 935 (1827)
No. 1 in F minor
No. 2 in A-flat major
No. 3 in B-flat major
No. 4 in F minor
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (1842)
— INTERMISSION —
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244
No. 10
No. 11
No. 12
No. 13
No. 14
CONCERT DURATION:
Approx. 1 h 50 min including intermission