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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Franz Liszt (1811-1886): The Idol

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

The Idol

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Liszt (1811-1886), The Idol

Donald Macleod examines how the persona of Liszt, the virtuoso, was created.

Donald Macleod examines the various elements which went into creating the dramatic persona of Liszt, the virtuoso.

Franz Liszt was the most photographed man of the 19th century and the most sculpted man aside from Napoleon - one of the most recognisable figures of his age. Donald Macleod delves into the life and work of the prolific composer and virtuoso pianist through five images of the composer. Liszt rose to become the greatest performer of his age – effectively inventing the idea of the piano recital – his playing amazing audiences across Europe. In Tuesday’s episode, Donald examines the earliest photograph of Liszt we have - taken in 1843 by Herman Biow - and Henri Lehmann’s portrait of the composer from four years earlier. Through these images, Donald explores the impact that Liszt's astute managing of his image had on the idea of him as a Romantic idol, and examining the various elements which went into creating the dramatic persona of Liszt the virtuoso.

Grandes Etudes de Paganini No 3 'La Campanella'
Daniil Trifonov, piano

Totentanz
Sergio Tiempo, piano
Orchestra de Svizzera Italiana
Ion Marin, conductor
		
El Contrabandista – Rondo Fantastique
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
		
Grand Galop Chromatique
Gyorgy Cziffra, piano
		
Cantata for Inauguration of the Beethoven Monument: I. Maestoso – Quasi Allegretto
Diana Damrau, soprano
Jörg Dürmüller, tenor
Georg Zeppenfeld, bass
Kölner Kantorei
Cappella Coloniensis des WDR
Paul Komen, clavichord
Bruno Weil, conductor

Soirées de Vienne (9 Valse-Caprises after Schubert), No 6
Vladimir Horowitz, piano

Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Wales

Composer of the Week: Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

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Donald Macleod delves into Franz Liszt's life and work through five images of the composer

Franz Liszt was one of the most recognisable figures of his age. Donald Macleod delves into his life and work through five images of the composer.

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