Franz Liszt's Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B.A.C.H. uses the letters of J.S. Bach's name (B-flat, A, C, B-natural) to form its musical theme, a practice started by Bach himself.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt's Variations on the Theme of Bach 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' was composed in 1862 after the death of his daughter, Blandine Liszt, and is dedicated to Anton Rubinstein.
Composition History
Franz Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No.1, originally titled Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (The Dance in the village inn), first appeared as a piano version, though an orchestral version followed in 1866.
Notable Performances
Franz Liszt performed his Variations on the Theme of Bach at a concert in Hannover on April 28, 1875, to raise funds for a statue of J.S. Bach in his native Eisenach.
Composer Biography
The Valses oubliées (Forgotten Waltzes) were composed by Franz Liszt between 1881 and 1884, with the second and third dedicated to Baroness Olga von Meyendorff.
Performer Biography
Pianist Tyler Hay won the esteemed Gold Medal competition at the Royal Northern College of Music and subsequently performed in the prize winner's concert at Wigmore Hall in 2017.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Franz Liszt's Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, from his Années de pèlerinage, is a religious meditation, suggested by a quotation from the Gospel of St. John and its F-sharp major key.
