Prom 54: Marc-André Hamelin plays Liszt

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)	Légende no. 2 "Saint François de Paule marchant sur les flots", S 175
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)	Fantasie and fugue on the theme B-A-C-H, S 529
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)	Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude, S 173 no. 3
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)	Venezia e Napoli, S 162

Performers

Marc-André Hamelin

Piano

For Liszt’s bicentenary year, Marc-Andre Hamelin pays a late-night tribute, recalling the composer-pianist’s own jaw-dropping keyboard technique and spanning the whole imaginative and emotional range of his musical world.

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Prom 54: Late Night Liszt

Frances Wilson, 25th August

In a setting Liszt himself would have approved of – the grand hall, the plush red velvet swags and tails, the full nine feet of gleaming Steinway stretched across a stage bathed in a curious blue light, the eager Prommers craning in expectation – Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin celebrated the composer’s 200th birthday in a recital of coruscating virtuosity and extreme pianism.

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