Composer of the Week: Liszt

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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): Je suis hongrois

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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

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Liszt's final years and the conflict over his burial.

Donald Macleod concludes his portrait of Liszt and Hungary with the story of his final years, raising the question of where this cosmopolitan composer himself thought he belonged.

Donald Macleod recounts Liszt’s final years, and the period when the elderly composer spent much time travelling between his homes in Rome, Weimar and Budapest, journeying hundreds of miles by train to fulfil his many obligations. Tired and often unfairly criticised by even those closest to him, his final days were tragic. When he died an international argument ensued as to which country held the best claim to his final resting place.

Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 in D minor (orchestral arrangement)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor

 Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth - Part 2 
"Death of Elisabeth"
"Chorus of Angels"
Melanie Diener, soprano
Solisten des MDR Kinderchores
Chor 'Die Ameisenkinder' des Goethegymnasiums Weimar
Chor des Ungarischen Rundfunks
Staatskapelle Weimar
Carl St Clair, conductor

Hungarian Portraits - "Mosonyi Grabgeleit"
Alfred Brendel, piano

Cardas Macabre (arr. for Hungarian folk instruments)
Orchestra of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
Istvan Albert/Laszlo Berki, leaders

Seven Sacramenta - Responsories V. 'Extreme unctio'
Male Chorus of the Hungarian Army
Zsuzsa Elekes, organ
Istvan Zambo, conductor

Hungarian Rhapsody No 11 in A minor
Roberto Szidon, piano

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

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Franz Liszt.

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