First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on the music of Liszt's final years, when there was a shift from virtuosic exuberance to dissonance, silence and abandoned endings. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod discusses Liszt's heyday as a touring virtuoso. With Hexameron Variations (finale). Etudes d'execution transcendante 8-10. Hungarian Rhapsody No 13. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on the influences on Liszt's early life, including seeing Paganini perform, and how these led to his becoming a virtuoso. Show more