5/5. Hungary. In 1839 Liszt and Marie d'Agoult had theirthird child, a boy, in Rome.
Hearing of an appeal to raise money to put up a statue of Beethoven in Bonn, Liszt gave benefit concerts in Vienna, which largely paid forthe project. A deputation from Pest arrived with an invitation for him to return to Hungary. Liszt hadn't been back to his birthplace for 16 years, but when he got there he was received as a national hero. With Donald Macleod.
Piano Concerto No 2 in Michel Beroff , Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur
Après une Lecture de Dante (Annees de Pèlerinage, Année 2: Italie) Stephen Hough (piano)
Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D flat Michele Campanella (piano)
Die Loreley Margaret Price (soprano), Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight