Liszt's Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth
Franz Liszt began his career as a piano virtuoso who gave enormous impulses to the playing technique of his instrument. After the age of fifty he composed a large number of religiously tinged choral works, including 'Die Legende von der heilige Elisabeth'. This work will be performed in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam under the direction of conductor Gy��rgy Vashegyi and choirmaster Csaba Somos.
Liszt's Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth
Piano virtuoso with religious consecration
From the age of forty he was court chapel master in Weimar and as a composer the inventor of the symphonic poem. Around the age of fifty he moved to Rome, received a religious ordination, called himself Abbé Liszt and composed a large number of religious choral works. Liszt was the son-in-law of (and good friends with) Richard Wagner, who was two years younger.
Frescoes come to life
Both men certainly influenced each other, but Liszt did not have the necessary instinct for composing an opera. Nevertheless, he ventured into a new genre: a concert opera/oratorio on a religious theme: the Legend of Saint Elisabeth . In 1855, Moritz von Schwind painted six frescoes about the life of Saint Elisabeth for the Wartburg in Thuringia. Liszt was inspired by this to create a work in which drama goes hand in hand with static piety. An excellent opportunity to become acquainted with one of the most intriguing scores by this nineteenth-century musical giant.
Liszt's Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth
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