Concerto Pathetique, for two pianos played by Lucy Pierce and John Brennan
Liszt's Concerto Pathetique was originally written as a piano solo and the manuscript bore the following inscription : 'Grand solo written for the piano competition (Paris Conservatoire, 1850) '. In 1866, however, a new version appeared for two pianos dedicated to von Bronsart, one of Liszt's pupils. Although the music is brilliant, it is more a tone poem than a concerto in the strict meaning of the term. It contains some of Liszt's most beautiful ideas and as its title suggests the music is intended to have a dramatic significance, whch, however, was never disclosed by the composer.