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La Roque-d'Anthéron Piano Festival: Liszt's Years of Pilgrimage Book I

La Roque-d'Anthéron International Piano Festival - Liszt's Années de pèlerinage Book I, Switzerland, played by Tanguy de Williencourt.

La Roque-d'Anthéron International Piano Festival - Liszt's Années de pèlerinage Book I - Switzerland.

Sarah Walker introduces more performances from last summer's festival in the heart of Provence. Sitting in the open air, surrounded by ancient trees and with the sound of cicadas in the background, audiences were treated to all three of Franz Liszt's atmospheric Years of Pilgrimage. Today, Tanguy de Williencourt plays Book I: Switzerland, a sublime fusion of art and nature. At least two of the movements of this first book of Années de pèlerinage were inspired by Liszt’s reading of the work of Lord Byron. And it's words by him which inspired the nocturnal movement in Rachmaninov's Suite for Two Pianos.

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage Book I, Suisse, S. 160
Chapelle de Guillaume Tell
Au lac de Wallenstadt
Pastorale
Au bord d'une source
Orage
Vallée d'Obermann
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Le mal du pays
Les cloches de Genève
Tanguy de Williencourt (piano)

Rachmaninov: La nuit... L'amour... Adagio sostenuto, in D from Suite for Two Pianos No. 1 in G minor (or Fantaisie-tableaux), Op. 5
Anna Geniushene (piano)
Lukas Geniušas (piano)

Liszt: Frühlingsnacht – Lied von Robert Schumann, S. 568 (after Liederkreis, Op. 39/12)
Kevin Chen (piano)

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Annees de pelerinage: Premiere annee, S. 160

    Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite No.1, Op. 5: II. Oh night, oh love - Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Anna Geniushene. Performer: Lukas Geniušas.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fruhlingsnacht, S. 568 - from Schumann's Liederkreis

    Composer: Franz Liszt. Performer: Kevin Chen.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Feb 2024 13:00