Concert: Louis Lortie, piano January 20, 2013

Wagner and Liszt stretched the boundaries of composition, demanding virtuosic skill from performers of their music. While Wagner composed very little for piano, Liszt's transcriptions became the principle way audiences heard Wagner's music outside opera houses for many years. Lauded Canadian pianist Louis Lortie explores the deep musical connection between these two bold contemporaries.

Program

Wagner Prelude to Tristan and Isolde (trans. Lortie)
Liszt Isolde's Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
Wolf Paraphrase on Wagner's Die Walküre
Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan on themes from Mozart's Don Giovanni
Wagner Siegfried Idyll (Trans. Josef Rubinstein)
Liszt "O du mein holder Abendstern, Recitative and Romance" from Wagner's Tannhäuser
Liszt Overture to Wagner's Tannhäuser

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