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The several empty seats were probably a comment on the current reputation of the composer more than that of the pianist. Both deserved a full house.

A knowledgeable and subtle devotee of Franz Liszt, bring the first two cycles of the Années de pèlerinage to Chicago.

Elder statesman of British pianism and soloist of international renown, Peter Donohoe gave a richly varied and, at times, highly emotional recital as part of the Southbank Centre’s ongoing International Piano Series, featuring music by Debussy, Liszt, Brahms and Bartok.

The first volume of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage, Suisse, was compiled over two decades, but most of the pieces were originally conceived when the 24 year-old Liszt lived in Switzerland with his mistress Countess d’Agoult.

Dans la Sonate en sol majeur D 894 de Schubert comme dans la première des Années de pèlerinage de Franz Liszt, le pianiste suisse subjugue par sa manière de faire entendre toute la poésie des œuvres et plus encore.